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On Fri, 7 Dec 2001 17:15:44 -0000, david.bircumshaw <[log in to unmask]> wrote: language, Erminia, perhaps you could >try English idiom next. > >As for your doubts, how would you know? > > I know, I know, David. I know everything: I am a magician. Did they tell you that I am one? (also, quite an effective one..) magically yours, Ermi ( I was the four=th Magi - hidden behind a busg among the humble sheperds, and unseen because, because I was a felale - you see - visiting Jesus's crib, a few Christmas nights ago)... erminia > >Best > >Dave > > >David Bircumshaw > >Leicester, England > >Home Page > >A Chide's Alphabet > >Painting Without Numbers > >www.paintstuff.20m.com/index.htm > >http://homepage.ntlworld.com/david.bircumshaw/index.htm >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Erminia Passannanti" <[log in to unmask]> >To: <[log in to unmask]> >Sent: Friday, December 07, 2001 4:57 PM >Subject: Re: Announcement: apologies for cross posting. > > >> On Fri, 7 Dec 2001 15:44:28 -0000, david.bircumshaw >> <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >> >> >Have you ever heard of metaphorical language, Erminia? >> >> >> --indeed, I have, Sir. >> >> > >> >I can blush too, you know, it is not something, even as metaphor, I >> >attribute to female stereotypes. >> > >> >> --- I do not believe it./ I doubt it. >> >> >> >For the record I saw Alison's poem when it was mint-fresh, I think it >> >wonderful, but excessive hype can be as awkward to a poet (of any gender) >> as >> >the emptiness of silence. >> > >> >> >> >> ----silence can mean a lot to poets and poetry: space of reflection. >> Silence is not empty, it is thick with thoughts and feelings. Silence is >> the suspencion of verbal utterances, not mental faculties... >> (don't be angry, Dave, I was only jocking)... >> >> Love, Ermi >> >> >> >Best >> > >> >Dave >> > >> > >> >David Bircumshaw >> > >> >Leicester, England >> > >> >Home Page >> > >> >A Chide's Alphabet >> > >> >Painting Without Numbers >> > >> >www.paintstuff.20m.com/index.htm >> > >> >http://homepage.ntlworld.com/david.bircumshaw/index.htm >> >----- Original Message ----- >> >From: "Erminia Passannanti" <[log in to unmask]> >> >To: <[log in to unmask]> >> >Sent: Friday, December 07, 2001 3:41 PM >> >Subject: Re: Announcement: apologies for cross posting. >> > >> > >> >> To be able to attest whether one is blushing one is supposed to be in >> >sight >> >> of the person. Unless one possesses "God's eye". >> >> Do you Dave? I did not realize it...unless you refer to blushing as to >a >> >> female stereotypical gentility caused by excess prudrishness, that I am >> >> sure a woman like Alison does not have. >> >> As for being prized, this is sure is neevr enough. >> >> (Alison, congratulatations from me as well...) >> >> >> >> Love, Erminia >> >> >>