I still respect you, Peter ...
Andrew
On 29/11/2007, Peter Cudmore <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> It's one thing to give up a comma; it's another to write a sentence that
> didn't need one in the first place. I think my record is 70 words. Because
> I'm drunk, I'll share it:
>
> We are evolving a definition of the individual subject's relationship with
> local search-space that establishes oral language and cognate semiotic
> schemes as the ordinal constituents of a relatively stable local network
> of
> referents that combine the economy implicit in stability with a degree of
> flexibility that enables the subject to develop adaptive hypothetical
> responses to perturbations in the local environment that fall outwith the
> hermeneutic scope of the referent network.
>
> I'll regret it in the morning.
>
> P
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Poetryetc: poetry and poetics [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
> > Behalf Of Tina Bass
> > Sent: 29 November 2007 00:15
> > To: [log in to unmask]
> > Subject: Hello again and a snapishthing
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Dear all this Christmas we have decided to challenge ourselves in ways
> we
> have
> > never imagined. We have given up the comma which wasn't all that hard I
> have
> > to admit as most of the time it occurs at a natural pause in the
> sentence.
> We
> > have also decided to recycle all of our natural waste and have acquired
> a
> > kitchen composting unit that comes complete with a carbon filter so that
> our
> > eating area does not become filled with the stench of neglected marks
> and
> > spencer's especially selected organic shrink-wrapped mushrooms or some
> other
> > vegetable whose name escapes us. We could have really used a comma in
> that
> > last sentence but are committed to our values and will not wilt in the
> face of
> > common-sense or the demands of regular breathing. Just don't ask us to
> assess
> > the contribution of the semi-colon to any sensible debate. And do not
> expect
> > any kind of answer on the various interpretations of the question mark
> or
> > exclamation at the end of a sentence no matter what the
> length. Normally,
> > people only make a sacrifice for Lent and Christmas is the time to let
> your
> > hair down and relax. P., we are become Protestants or something worse.
> Love,
> > T.
> >
> >
> >
> > Tina--------------------------------------------------------------
> >
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> at
> > _man_dancing
>
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Andrew
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