Nevertheless. when I witnessed Michael Palmer consistently using "vanguard" during his Lannan
Foundation / Georgetown University seminar presentation, it sounded so odd coming from an
american's mouth that I asked a public question about his choice of diction. Since 1977 I've used
"Vanguard Phenomena" as an umbrella term (on the door of my rare book, art, & vinyl shop in
Georgetown and on eBay, for example), and I enjoy the varied responses to it--most often, "You
specialize in science fiction?" Am awaiting reaction to my newly-revised formulation "Vanguard &
Ekphrastic Phenomena".
Barry Alpert
On Mon, 26 May 2008 16:41:50 +0100, David Bircumshaw <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:
>'In 1888 the O.E.D said that 'avant-garde' had been replaced by the
>aphetic form 'vanguard', and had become archaic or obsolete. The 1933
>Supp. did not disturb this view.'
>
>Fowler (revised Gowers) 1965.
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