I raised it out of genuine confusion over your denial ("I never said
anything to denigrate the arts of news-writing"), which left nobody to pin
your pork pies on except, possibly, poets (perish the pork!).
Haven't you just been admonishing Erminia on this very score (i.e., standing
by one's words)?
Candice
on 1/6/02 1:44 PM, david.bircumshaw at [log in to unmask] wrote:
> _Some_, and I emphasise the 'some', provincial British journalism can
> deserve the description (probably some poets too I guess) But I was anxious
> to point out that I didn't mean all.
>
> Candice, please, why have you raised this?
>
> Dave
>
>
> David Bircumshaw
>
> Leicester, England
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> http://homepage.ntlworld.com/david.bircumshaw/index.htm
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Candice Ward" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Sunday, January 06, 2002 6:37 PM
> Subject: Re: News Writing
>
>
>> Okay, but whose writing _were_ you likening to soggy pork pies of British
>> Rail provenance then? I took that as a swipe at journalists and
> appreciated
>> Chris's corrective lesson in news writing. Don't tell me you meant poets!
>>
>> Candice
>>
>>
>>
>> on 1/6/02 12:25 PM, david.bircumshaw at [log in to unmask]
> wrote:
>>
>>> (I sent this earlier today but it seems to have disappeared up a
> conjuror's
>>> sleeve. Apologies if it turns up twice. - Dave)
>>>
>>>> oops Dave,
>>>>
>>>> didn't mean to imply you had, sorry. Just thought others who never had
> to
>>> do
>>>> it may have some interests.
>>>>
>>>> Chris Jones
>>>
>>> That's fine, Chris, I'm just nervous at present about how things I say
> are
>>> being taken. Really enjoyed your post (and Alison's subsequent tale of a
>>> missed opportunity for a mis-spent youth. I managed to spend my twenties
>>> both getting smashed _and_ reading Joyce and Proust. Not sure if it did
> me
>>> any good though.)
>>>
>>> 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: "Chris Jones" <[log in to unmask]>
>>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>>> Sent: Sunday, January 06, 2002 7:33 AM
>>> Subject: Re: News writing (was Re: New Year with fire)
>>>
>>>
>>>> oops Dave,
>>>>
>>>> didn't mean to imply you had, sorry. Just thought others who never had
> to
>>> do
>>>> it may have some interests.
>>>>
>>>> Chris Jones.
>>>>
>>>> On Sunday 06 January 2002 15:36, you wrote:
>>>>> That's very interesting, Chris, but I never said anything to denigrate
>>> the
>>>>> arts of news-writing.
>>>>>
>>>>> But I don't wish to say anymore in case it gets turned into something
>>> else.
>>>>>
>>>>> 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
>>
