Subject: RE: Ghost World
ZazieZazie@hetnet.nl
Date: Fri Jul 20 2001 - 11:51:03 GMT
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>I have three younger sisters, ages 17, 15, and 13, and THEIR main
>activity is mocking as well, I'm afraid, except not with the same wit and
>adolescent catharsis that Holden maintains.
you really got THREE sisters? Hey i got four brothers!
so how come they got so cynical? Maybe its not a phase,
maybe that's "just the way their faces are set"
for your sake i hope not.
So how did you parents get your sisters so evenly spread
out over the years? Do they also have close birthdays?
I read somewhere recently that the American ideal is actually 4
years difference between siblings, but maybe that is just upper middle or upper
class ideals. If u r the only boy, my heart goes out to u ... poor boy! ;-)
>I cannot help thinking that life is
>beginning to imitate art, in a sense, as young girls continue this trend
>because they think they have to.
which art do you mean, CITR? I don't think mocking is a major part of the book
>It makes me sick and depressed
>when, for instance, my sister defends her using the word "gay"
>pejoratively because "it's slang."
Dear Pete,
Do you realize how many non-native speakers don't know
that 'gay' means 'happy'? I would make an educated guess that
non-native speakers will learn the original meaning on average
six years AFTER they start speaking English. This is partly
because how it is used in English-speaking movies/songs ...
how old are YOU anyway? I thought u were like 25 or something?
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