[lit-ideas] Re: The English Pub
- From: Gregory {Greg} Downing <gd2@xxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 26 Sep 2004 16:37:16 -0400 (EDT)
At 04:08 PM 9/26/2004 -0400, you wrote:
>W. H. Auden used to say -- "the real test of imagination lies in the ability
>to name a cat" -- mine is called "Wystan". Perhaps the second test is the
>ability to name a pub?
>
The first two cats I had were Wystan (1978-93) and Hugh (1978-88), but I
cannot claim to have named them; the names predated me. Small world, hein?
ObPolitics: Auden had political beliefs.
Greg Downing, NYC
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