Good one Sheenagh,
My new policy is to say what I think and damn the consequences- hell,
everyone else is at it. Poets are all outsiders to some extent and maybe
that's why we get so excited when someone agrees with us that we clique-off
others.
Regarding the schoolmasterly tones: also I would point out that it's a lot
easier to be rude in a trans- continental email, because you don't have to
face the recipient, and that it's a dodgy way out because of this, and
something we should each try to avoid, myself included.
Best wishes,
Cassie
On Fri, 14 Jul 2000 05:32:06 -0700 (PDT), [log in to unmask] wrote:
> What about Ally McCoist? Or Ally Fraser, the villain
> from Auf Wiedersehen Pet? I didn't know there were
> any girls called Ally... I hear there's some anorexic
> American on a comedy show but I haven't seen it.
> Anyway don't tell us which you are, AK, it's more fun
> not to know.
>
> and I teach at the University of Glamorgan, since
> someone asked.
>
> Cliquey.. oh hell, let's go for it. I think there are
> some folk on the list who have two distinct tones,
> depending on whether they're replying to something
> from someone in their in-group, in which case they
> sound very chummy, or an outsider, in which case they
> can, albeit unintentionally (I expect), sound lofty
> and dismissive. Headmasterly, perhaps. The post from
> R Lumsden which I'd initially overlooked was,
> actually, a prime example of that; if someone talked
> to me in that tone face to face I'd be tempted to
> smack them in the mouth. Anyway this is my last till
> God knows when, cos I'm clearing up work to go on holiday.
>
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