Thank you very much for everything and happy I did not create any damage.
And now let me raise some _Cain_
For the sake of ... (?)
how can you two possibly say you can't speak any other languages. Martin,
you should be ashamed of yourself, with all those German books you have read
and those French books and English books, and ...
And Lawrence, you can speak visual, acoustic, written and spoken fluently
and intermittently, poetic and politics (better no with the latter on
lists), and listen to him, Greek Swedish Polish German___
ah there is no seriousness nowadays, no seriousness, no
no seriousness,
serious
From: "Lawrence Upton" <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Wednesday, July 20, 2005 6:06 PM
yes, pardon me, i have no languages; i got caught up in my own rhetoric
bit a swedish, quite a lot once, which can emerge - once, tired, trying to
speak greek; recently on a train the people next to me were Swedes and I was
listening in half asleep - and found myself answering them at one point when
a question went seemingly unanswered
bit a school french comes out occasionally
i found in the depths of rural germany that speaking simple swedish slurred
works quite well for basic foods, river ferries etc
i used to be able to buy beer and cigarettes in polish - i had even sort of
grasped a plural system that behaves differently from 5, but having no vocab
i couldnt use the understanding
and now i dont smoke and hardly drink
so my only language is a second language
L
-----Original Message-----
From: MJ Walker <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Wednesday, July 20, 2005 5:00 PM
Subject: Re: Lawrence Upton's Letters and Postcards
Anny is what one might call a very able enabler, who (almost) never
raises Cain, even when confusion is caused. Happy s/he who can say "all
my languages". I can only count two & a half (Koaxx), plus a dribble of
Eyetie.
mj
Lawrence Upton wrote:
>I am astonished at your energy and the breadth of the work you publish;
and I am happy to be back there
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>I am sorry to have caused confusion - all my languages are second
languages including english
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>all best
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