[lit-ideas] John McCreery, "Gags (The Expurgated Edition)"
- From: Jlsperanza@xxxxxxx
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2007 10:54:49 EDT
McCreery:
>I enjoy Speranza's posts the way I enjoy a strong blue cheese.
>One or two bites a day is delightful [...] But
>too much and a gag reflex sets in [in my mouth].
Call me masochist, but I like that -- McCreery's gag reflex, that is. I like
reflexes in general, they are so _unintentional_. This second quote from the
OED below indicates that gags can be intentional ('an unsuccessful effort to
vomit'). The first quote on gagging at transubstantiation is _not_ meant for
Geary, since he swallows it.
Cheers,
J. L. Speranza
Professor of Literature and Philosophy, etc.
University of Buenos Aires
ps. I read in Andras Ramos's description of the list that it is
meant for "university professors of literature and philosophy" to "discuss
the impact of technology". I like that.
Quote 1
1707 HICKERINGILL Priest-cr. II. v. 49,
I do not, in the least, wonder, that he (that swallows Transubstantiation)
should Gagg at believing, that [etc.].
Quote 2
1825 FORBY Voc. E. Anglia, Gag, to nauseate; to reject with loathing, as if
the throat were closed against the admission of what is offered; to make an
unsuccessful effort to vomit.
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