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