Before that, people used to put papers in piles, tie them up in ribbons, and put them on bookshelves or in drawers.

在此之前，人们经常将纸堆起来，用丝带卷好系上，然后放在书架上或是抽屉里。

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This is a metaphor that Derrida frequently uses, as a kind of writing on the ear.

这是德里达经常用的一个比喻，就像在耳朵上书写。

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