Dear Erminia
This was what I took to be patronising towards Emma, and implied she
was ignorant: to an English reader, it does sound quite scornful:
At 7:41 AM +0000 28/2/02, Erminia Passannanti wrote:
>It is possible that after 12 years it has reached Australia....whereas in
>Italy no one would really use this pretending its is somewhat 'original',
>in fact if would be considered by now retrograde.
>So Emma's better find something more striking if she aims at originality.
>
But perhaps we have both been misreading each other.
Best
Alison
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