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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Poetryetc: poetry and poetics [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
> Behalf Of andrew burke
> Sent: 29 November 2007 01:34
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Hello again and a snapishthing
>
> 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
> >
>
>
>
> --
> Andrew
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