Subject: Re: Zooey's use of buddy
From: jason varsoke (jjv@caesun.msd.ray.com)
Date: Tue Feb 22 2000 - 13:26:15 EST
On Tue, 22 Feb 2000 AntiUtopia@aol.com wrote:
> In a message dated 2/22/00 10:45:34 AM Eastern Standard Time,
> jjv@caesun.msd.ray.com writes:
>
> > I'm not going to even venture a guess about what this means, how this
> > plays. But I would like to hear what you guys have to say.
> >
> > -jason
>
> My first knee jerk reaction would be to call it coincidental, because it's a
> VERY common verbal trick, esp. among Zooey's generation and a couple
> generations immediately following. I'd even guess that Buddy isn't Buddy's
> real name, but a nickname given him by someone else's use of this verbal
> trick (probably Seymour). But that's just guessing on my part.
>
> Jim
Brad, how did you get on the list?
-jason
btw: verbal tick, not trick. And
he could have named Buddy Al instead of Buddy. Or
he could have said, pal instead of Buddy.
But Buddy is funny;
it makes things muddy.
do ya follow me?
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