Ver-y int-erest-ing.
But there are so many border areas, places of just as much potential as
dispute, in this our loose baggy monster, spoken that is printed English.
Oxytonics. OR - the tonality of the language - Really?. yeah, really. No
capitals second time around. That a great deal of the language around is
indeed distinctly naff and very neon and poets do walk on streets and can't
help getting involved in it.
And the placards of political slogans and raised language of liturgies...
Hopkins, Eliot, Pound, the King James Bible, David Jones, fr'instance
regards
david bircumshaw
----- Original Message -----
From: Sheenagh Pugh <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, November 20, 2000 5:02 PM
Subject: emphasis
> Chris Hayden wrote:
>
> There are other methods to indicate places where
> emphasis is to be
> placed--placing a word alone. Capitalizing it.
> Placing characters such as
> little stars (*) around it to indicate some special
> emphasis/or accent is
> intended
>
> But they all feel horribly naff - like highlighting it
> in neon or putting a bloody great note in the margin
> to say LOOK, I'M MAKING A POINT HERE. In the end the
> only way to do it that feels discreet or classy enough
> is to manipulate the rhythm and the line breaks so
> that the reader's got as little choice as possible
> about where the emphasis goes, but doesn't necessarily
> notice you doing it. (IMHO, naturally).
>
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