Re: BANANAFISH digest 259
Tim O'Connor (tim@roughdraft.org)
Tue, 03 Mar 1998 11:31:55 -0500
Helena said:
> i think that it's an extension of buddy, and not an extension of
> salinger. i think the glasses inherited that kind of verbal tic from
> their mother (remember bessie was 'surely the only woman in the world
> who can write a letter in invisible italics')
Aha, a Rosetta Stone of sorts! I had completely forgotten that bit. Yes,
indeed, the Glass family is a virtual gold mind of language treasures,
tics, and mannerisms.
Thanks, Helena!
--tim