On Fri, 9 May 2008 09:49:38 -0700 (PDT), John Brandon
<starbuck95@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>> >I don't know if I've ever seen a more illiterate response to a most
> >>illiterate statement.
>
>> Yours was a pretty good attempt, John ;-)
I thought the smiley might have indicated that I was only joking
about your effort. But I do think you went over the top when you
described Sjostrom's prose as "most illiterate". I have seen much
worse, even from native speakers. How is your Finnish or Swedish,
John?
>
>Silly cow, just because you know Latin and a few other languages,
>don't imagine your English is anything more than utilitarian and
>passable.
>
>I am certain no one has ever said to himself, "that Tish Cluff is
>_such_ a good writer ... I wish she'd write a novel." Or even a poem.
Well, Renia once said something like "I love your way with
words." That was about my prose, though. Never tried poetry.
Tish
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