I watch with glee as this entire, rather eccentric, conversation
progresses with no one making the usual political arguments about this
language (with which, I must say, I mostly agree, but now --
subsequent to this enlightening discussion -- view as ridiculously
reductionist.)
On Tue, 4 Jan 2005 08:30:28 -0800, Stephen Vincent <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> > Stephen,
> >
> > Is this a sports poem?
> >
> >> cricket
> >> cricket
> >> cricket
>
> > Cheers,
> > Jill
> >
> > P.S. There are three stumps in cricket so I thought the poem captured this
> > well.
> >
> Jill, your tongue must be too far inside your cheek! "Crickets" are the
> nocturnal insects - who at 'the outset of evening darkness' begin chatter
> incessantly with that very sound, "cricket, cricket, cricket.' Only in North
> America?? I think the sound relates to the way they 'sport' with each other.
>
> What are 'crickets' called in Australia? I cannot believe some of them way
> back did not migrate there on some sailor's duffle bag, or such.
>
> Is cricket a sport or something in your country?
>
> S
> Blog: http://stephenvincent.durationpress.com
>
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Sharon Brogan
http://www.sbpoet.com
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