Dear Patrick
P ps what was this 'sensible work?' did it involve cups of tea
and computer games ??love letters?? We need to know!!!
You do not need to know, Patrick; but I shall tell you.
No love letters, unfortunately.
I'm going to sit right down and write myself a letter.
I dislike computer games.
It involved coffee, yes. I was writing an addition to a talk of
yesteryear which is about to be published.
OK?
Jolly good. Carry on then
L
-----Original Message-----
From: Poetryetc: poetry and poetics [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
On Behalf Of Lawrence Upton
Sent: 19 October 2012 12:51
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Subject: Meaningless words
I have been thinking recently about the process whereby the language
is being emptied of denotation. It's not new. I was brought up (to use
an appropriate phrase) with all sorts of nonsense in Latin which
sounds shallower to me in the post Vatican 2 English... The use of an
artificial language gave it an a tone of gravity
Politicians do it. For all I know even bees and overeducated fleas
may do it -- if I have not garbled the song.
But there has been an acceleration and expansion of the process
whereby the only difference between us and those in the region of the
Tower of Babel is that they noticed.
This morning I found the following on the MicroSoft website. (I had
been interrupted in sensible work by an MS advert of some kind for
Silverlight and I don't what it is)
Silverlight is a powerful development tool for creating engaging,
interactive user experiences for Web and mobile applications.
Silverlight is a free plug-in, powered by the .NET framework and
compatible with multiple browsers, devices and operating systems,
bringing a new level of interactivity wherever the Web works.
I don't know if you are familiar with the TV series Red Dwarf but
some decades ago I saw an episode in which Cat sees something odd and
asks:
What is it? The others tell him and he asks: What is it? And on...
My suspicion is that I don't need Silverlight.
Q What's an html editor? A It helps you write html without the
hassles that follow from using a word processor.
Got it.
Q What's silverlight?
A. Sounds of the morning trumpet
ttfn
L
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