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Ah yes, there's old, and then there's 'old'. Misreading a funny poem is an archaic speciality of mine. On 10 Sep 2014, at 12:30, Patrick McManus wrote: > Hi Tim thanks -I really meant to imply that he was so old that he would need > archaic words!! P very old myself! > > -----Original Message----- > From: Poetryetc: poetry and poetics [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On > Behalf Of Tim Allen > Sent: 10 September 2014 11:12 > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: pat snap 643 )_-+*+-__-+*+-__-+*+-_( > > My comment was aimed at John, not you Patrick. Your poem was very funny and > yes, I think most of us have met people like the one in your poem - they > give obscurity a bad name... ummmmmm....... > > Cheers > > Tim > > On 10 Sep 2014, at 10:59, Patrick McManus wrote: > >> Yes Tim here I wanted to imply a dig at his Age! Cheers P ancient >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Poetryetc: poetry and poetics [mailto:[log in to unmask]] >> On Behalf Of Tim Allen >> Sent: 10 September 2014 10:39 >> To: [log in to unmask] >> Subject: Re: pat snap 643 )_-+*+-__-+*+-__-+*+-_( >> >> archaic and obscure words are windows and like any other words can be >> used well or badly >> >> Tim A. >> >> On 10 Sep 2014, at 08:05, [log in to unmask] wrote: >> >>> Hi Patrick, >>> it seems to me that many, many poets do love to use deliberately >>> obscure or archaic words, I wonder if there is any money to be made >>> from compiling a dictionary of such along the lines of a Thesaurus? >>> John >>> >>>> ----Original Message---- >>>> From: >>> [log in to unmask] >>>> Date: 09/09/2014 23:39 >>>> To: >>> <[log in to unmask]> >>>> Subj: pat snap 643 )_-+*+-__-+*+-__-+*+-_ >>> ( >>>> >>>> ARCHAIC WORDS >>>> >>>> he stated >>>> rather loudly >>>> rather pompously >>>> over >>> his latte >>>> 'today I am >>>> sorting out >>>> researching >>>> archaic words >>>> for my >>> next poem' >>>> >>>> and >>>> >>>> she wondered >>>> eyebrows raised >>>> if it was >>>> yet >>> another >>>> autobiography >>>> but did not >>>> mention it >>>> >>>> >>>> pmcmanus >>>> r573 >>>>