Apropos of blogs, I am curious about the derivation of the word, I did ask
cris about this the other week and he was no more sure than I am.
I have a joke etymology: it descends from a combination of 'biog' and
'blague' but that is strictly tongue in cheek folks!
Best
Dave
David Bircumshaw
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From: "Anny Ballardini" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Thursday, January 16, 2003 10:20 AM
Subject: Re: where is the current avant-garde
hi kent and welcome back,
yes robin, all maniacs, and excellent are henry's and also ron's blogs, i
think kent meant something different by which i stand with him, at least the
italian market and poetry are very corrupted sectors
and with you robin on restrictions
besides that by watching what happens at school, usually the one who accuses
is the one who is hiding something, be it a very minor fact, like not having
done his/her homework,
the last i heard (yesterday) is of a 13-year old child accusing his english
teacher (a good friend of mine) of pedophilia.... you can imagine!
all for the best in such unstable times, a
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> > It seems to me that the current avant-garde is controlled by those
> > who are blogging. It's a new world, and they own the means of
> > production. Can't you see it? They are the young bourgeoisie in
> > this late-feudal poetic age.
>
> Utter nonsense, as usual. Who reads blogs other than other bloggers?
>
> Bloggers aren't even the Samuel Pepyses of this infant cyberworld. If you
> want an historical analogy, they're like the religious maniacs who
published
> left right and centre in the wake of the drop in censorship at the time of
> the Civil War (here). Who reads them now, other than scholars? Who read
> them then, even, other than other maniacs?
>
> > It's clear. Those who don't have a blog will soon be as relevant as
> > Lovelace and Suckling.
>
> My money's on Lovelace. Suckling wrote better, but Lovelace got into more
> anthologies.
>
> > Kent
>
> Welcome back. I think.
>
> :-(
>
> Robin
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