Subject: Re: wimmen talking
From: LR Pearson, Arts 99 (lp9616@bristol.ac.uk)
Date: Sat Oct 21 2000 - 12:00:22 GMT
This gets the LOL award from me this week, cecilia :-) Just one
question, what _are_ bangs? I've always wondered.
Love, Lucy-Ruth
On Thu, 19 Oct 2000 23:56:55 CDT Cecilia Baader
<ceciliaann@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> I must admit, Scottie B., that there is a little something contrived in it.
> And you put your finger on it. I mean, there are certain things that are
> spot-on, in terms of WHAT might be said. But HOW it's said? Nope.
>
> For instance, what you were wearing when something important happened is an
> important detail, and you drop it into the story. "...I remember I had
> Joyce Morrow's cardigan on," Eloise might say. "Do you know the one I'm
> talking about? She wore it to the movies that night that Jack made a fool
> of himself. Do you remember?"
>
> That's the sort of detail a best friend and former roommate would
> understand. And if Salinger was telling the story correctly, Mary Jane
> would wrinkle her brow. "The one with the brown buttons?" she'd ask.
>
> "No," Eloise might then reply. "The one with the detailing near the right
> shoulder, in that lighter shade of blue."
>
> I can almost see Mary Jane's brow clearing at that point. "Oh, THAT
> cardigan. I always did like it. Good choice. I'll bet you looked darling
> in it."
>
> Eloise should probably also mention something like, "Oh, and my hair turned
> out really well that day. This was back when I was still wearing it a
> little long and I was always having trouble with the way my bangs were
> always flipping the wrong way."
>
> And Mary Jane would reply, "I'm glad that you cut it. To tell you the
> truth, Eloise, long hair is all wrong for you. I'm surprised Walt ever gave
> you the time of day." At this point the two of them would go into
> uncontrollable fits of laughter, remembering just how much time Walt had
> given her. And only then, when the important background had been
> established, would the story continue.
>
> There's nothing like reminiscing with your former roommate.
>
>
> I mean, it's nearly there. He's picked up on the sort of details that are
> dropped into a story like that, but I don't think he knows why they're
> there. He's seen that even best friends are sometimes catty with each
> other, and that they speak in the usual shorthand.
>
> I guess it's the italics-- they're in the wrong spots. Like playing all the
> right notes but in the wrong key.
>
>
>
> Regards,
> Cecilia.
>
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