Re: Welcome back Will!

AntiUtopia@aol.com
Tue, 17 Aug 1999 18:42:24 -0400 (EDT)

In a message dated 8/17/99 2:56:04 PM Eastern Daylight Time, wh14@is9.nyu.edu 
writes:

<< I don't know if JDS had many probs with English mechanics but I can
 imagine Holden wanting to get beyond phony conventions...will >>

Ah, Will, ALL language is convention.  Abandon all conventions and you have 
the tower of Babel.  I do agree that meaning, not conventions, is the purpose 
of language, but I like to see people master the convention before they 
choose to deviate.

Joyce told one heck of a good short story before he tackled Finnegan's 
Wake...   

Jim