nice
pmiller@memphisonline.com
Tue, 28 Oct 1997 19:24:17 -0600
> > French talks about the differences between "phony" and "nice"
Ive got to suspect here the reason French is using the word "nice" is
because like the word phony Salinger uses it in his books. I think there
can be some debate on the meaning exactly of Salingers "nice", but I can
clearly see why he uses it as an antonym for phony.
When he sees the little girl and the dog playing across the street Zooey
talks about there being some really nice things in this world, and that
we are such morons to get sidetracked. Holden said that Phoebe looked so
damn nice going round and round. In CITR nice is used almost as much as
cigarette or goddam.:-)
One of the definitions for nice in the dictionary is: " marked by
sensitive discernment, subtle. " Another one is "enjoyable". I think if
you remove the en and the able from that word we might see what Holden
and Zooey were experiencing and maybe get closer to a Salinger
definition of "nice".
Paul