Re: Salinger & Burns (NOT George!)
Paul Kennedy (kennedyp@toronto.cbc.ca)
Fri, 17 Dec 1999 12:02:06 -0500 (EST)
Hey Scottie!
Given what you say:
>
> In my mind, more or less since birth, the name
> Rabbie Burns has been synonymous with the very
> worst aspects of the Scots character: bleary sentimentality,
> self-pity, drunken incoherence, nervous concupiscence,
> envious brotherliness, a fundamental priggishness hiding
> under displays of false bonhomie. And the rest.
>
>
I'm utterly at a loss when trying to understand the geographical trajectory
of your life. You've moved from dour Scotland to the utter epicentre of all
the above. (Not that I share your distain for every aspect of the Celtic
character....) I guess--given your line of work--it brings in the customers....
Cheers, (oops!--rather "Sober regards")
Paul