Re: qui s'excuse
oconnort@nyu.edu
Mon, 12 Jan 1998 16:51:38 -0500
On Mon, Jan 12, 1998 at 09:29:15PM +0000, Scottie Bowman wrote:
> of them. When someone makes reference to the miserliness
> & aggressive drunkenness of my fellow Scots, shall I be entitled
> to cry `racism' ?
I get that all the time with the Irish in me. 8-(
> If the ethos of a mailing list places the avoidance of offense
> above the wish to divert & engage then I'm obviously in the
> wrong place. I wonder would J.D. Salinger - or young master
> Caulfield - feel any more at home ?
No, sir ... please divert and engage. The tough, tough point in this
business is that you never know when you're being taken literally and
when what you say is taken figuratively.
That's why I expressed the hope that your tongue was firmly in check
when you posted your message. Thanks for clarifying, and PLEASE hang on
with us. If nothing else, let us soak up some of your vocabulary!
Cheers.
--tim