Dear Duc, I'm American, so the word doesn't have the same shock value for me as for the British folk on the list. I share your disappointment. But take heart, in a few years the debunkers may be debunked. It's been known to happen. MG --- [log in to unmask] wrote: > Sorry, Marjorie. > Geoge chastised me and told me to tell everyone I > was sorry for using a word, > which I later explained was Australian slang rather > than anything -- to quote > him -- "not nice". So I said sorry. Obviously, I > hadn't realised the email from > George was a private one. I had also explained that > I liked what little I'd > read by Pseudo-Dionysius (in particular, his > _Mystica Theologia_), so, perhaps > I should have said, "ALAS, who has "thoroughly > debunked" Panofsky's > assertion?"? So yes, I was expressing dismay and > disappointment. > Once again, sorry. > Cheers > Duc Thi DeBurg Dau > > Quoting Marjorie Greene <[log in to unmask]>: > > > I'd really appreciate more than a cryptic > "Bugger." > > Could you elaborate just a bit more? I assume > you're > > expressing dismay or skepticism and I'm truly > > interested. > > Thanks, > > MG > > --- [log in to unmask] wrote: > > > Panofsky > > > > makes much, however, of Suger's reading of the > > > > Pseudo-Dionysius that has been quite > thoroughly > > > debunked by > > > > more recent authors. > > > > > > Bugger > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail > - only $35 > > a year! http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/ > > __________________________________________________ Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail - only $35 a year! http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/