Weren't the Czechs also particularly good at this sort of programming.
I remember they used to scare me silly when I was a kid. Still had to
watch them though.
Playing against type, I share an office with a Norwegian who can't
STFU. Computer programmers work in silence, with only the sound of
keyboards clacking so there is a conflict somewhat. After a year of
fierce exchanges, I no longer hear the Wagner choruses...
Maybe poets have an analogous relationship with white-space?
Roger
On 12/6/05, Knut Mork Skagen <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> On Dec 6, 2005, at 03:34, George Hunka wrote:
>
> > I can't speak for Europeans, but I think we Americans are a little
> > afraid of silences and empty spaces; we want to put something there,
> > make some noise, have a presence.
>
> Scandinavians, at least, live almost exclusively off silences and empty
> spaces. Its influence reaches as far as children's television, which is
> full of anxious facial expressions, eery music, and dramatic pause.
>
> --Knut
>
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