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(minor correction) Pam there's nothing I can see in the poem that indicates GWBush is specifically intended (Old Europe is a hackneyed usage of hoary provenance) and certainly not 'old yerp'. Formulations like 'coffee shop' are normal in English. In the sense that it's used as a demotic alternative to the frenchified 'cafe' it's probably yet another echo of the dual parentage of the language (I know the etymology of 'coffee' is Turkish-Arabic, that's another matter, he said, warily, glancing over his shoulder). Concise Oxford definition of 'cafe' = 'coffee shop'. As for colonies, I've never owned one. 2009/9/20 David Bircumshaw <[log in to unmask]> > Pam > there's nothing I can see in the poem that indicates GWBush is specifically > intended (Old Europe is a hackneyed usage of hoary provenance) and certainly > not 'old yerp'. > > Formulations like 'coffee shop' are normal in English. In the sense that > it's used as a demotic alternative to the frenchified 'cafe' it's probably > yet another echo of the dual parentage of the language (I know the etymology > of is Turkish_Arabic). > > Concise Oxford definition of 'cafe' = 'coffee shop'. > > As for colonies, I've never owned one. > > 2009/9/19 Pam Brown <[log in to unmask]> > > Dear David, >> >> In one of my poems on The Argotist Online the reference to 'old europe' is >> an ironic reference to George W Bush's use of the term pronounced, by him, >> 'old yerp'. >> >> Happy to hear you say 'coffee shop' in Britain, perhaps that's its origin >> in the colony (that's ironic too). >> >> Regards, >> Pam Brown >> >> >> ___________________________________________________________ >> >> Blog : http://thedeletions.blogspot.com/ >> Web site : http://pambrownbooks.blogspot.com/ >> Associate editor : Jacket - http://jacketmagazine.com/ >> ___________________________________________________________ >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> __________________________________________________________________________________ >> Get more done like never before with Yahoo!7 Mail. >> Learn more: http://au.overview.mail.yahoo.com/ >> > > > > -- > David Bircumshaw > "A window./Big enough to hold screams/ > You say are poems" - DMeltzer > Website and A Chide's Alphabet > http://www.staplednapkin.org.uk > The Animal Subsides http://www.arrowheadpress.co.uk/books/animal.html > Leicester Poetry Society: http://www.poetryleicester.co.uk > Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/david.bircumshaw > -- David Bircumshaw "A window./Big enough to hold screams/ You say are poems" - DMeltzer Website and A Chide's Alphabet http://www.staplednapkin.org.uk The Animal Subsides http://www.arrowheadpress.co.uk/books/animal.html Leicester Poetry Society: http://www.poetryleicester.co.uk Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/david.bircumshaw