[lit-ideas] Re: Dance and other cards
- From: "aamago@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <aamago@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx, lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2005 21:31:53 -0500
Woe is I. The verb of being takes the subjective case. Failing that, woe
is mine (or, as in this case, yours). BTW, the pleural of a computer mouse
is either mouses or mice. If you want to know anything else, just ask.
Andy Amago
> [Original Message]
> From: Erin Holder <erin.holder@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: 2/25/05 8:48:33 PM
> Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: Dance and other cards
>
> I, on the other hand, and trying to keep Erkenntnis, Ergebnis, and
Erlebnis straight. Oh, woe is me.
> For all intensive purposes. Ha. I really like that : )
>
>
> Erin
> TO
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: David Ritchie
> To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Sent: Friday, February 25, 2005 8:43 PM
> Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: Dance and other cards
>
>
> While I have been off witnessing condo races and water twisters in
L.A., I
> have apparently missed an important party, one at which I was nominated
to
> cook. Apologies. I trust that the whisky was Trader Joe's best, that
Erin
> let the microbrewed keg settle before it was tapped, and that the two
who
> started all this led you in suitably literary dances, an Allemande to
begin
> perhaps, followed by the Haymakers, some Jigs and Hornpipes, a minuet, a
> riotous reel?
>
> My excuse for disturbing the silence is poor. Having spent the morning
> reading things like, "For all intensive purposes, I will consistently
use
> this terminology throughout the paper," I was delighted by the following
> history, "My great-great uncle [identity snipped] was the village
> blacksmith, who was best known for fitting a ring in the nose of a
circus
> bear without the use of a tranquilizer. My great-great grandfather
[i.d.
> snipped] was an inventor who sued Thomas Edison for patent infringement
> concerning a magnetic iron ore separator. In the 1950's William
[snip], my
> grandfather, was a programmer on the UNIVAC, the first civilian use
> "computer"... [snip]... Sharing an interest in all of these things,
from
> forging metal to programming computers, I feel that I am part of all
that
> came before me."
>
> There, wouldn't you want to read the rest of the thesis and see the art
that
> arises from such an inheritance? Well done that man.
>
> David Ritchie
> Portland, Oregon
>
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