Withering, no, but subtle slight ones, I think they're there in her
work, Liz.
I have a problem imagining someone living without irony, too, but
Smith may have had to, or chosen rock & roll almost as a religion, &
so....
Doug
On 12-Oct-08, at 3:01 AM, Liz Kirby wrote:
> I had a Canadian girlf for a long time, and she really struggled
> with the
> constant withering ironies of my teenage daughter's conversation,
> Martha
> patiently explained and tried to teach her but she never really
> caught on.
Douglas Barbour
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Matt Taibi
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