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He was sitting on that side of the table and he
looked at me with genuine surprise. McLuhan never
personalized his contact with anybody. Very few
times do I remember when he actually noticed me
as me. I was just another student. But he did look
at me at that time and he said “Wow, you know my
stuff!” And I said “Oh, I don’t claim that at all, you
know. Can I suggest an alternative for this, this is
what I am saying.”
He had a regal, another regal gesture. He turned to
his collaborator on the book at that time, Barry
Nevitt, and he said to Barry, “From now on de
Kerckhove will be our translator.” It was like being