RE: Focus Question #1 What does phony really mean? (fwd)

Sean Draine (seandr@microsoft.com)
Fri, 30 Oct 1998 11:41:42 -0800

Brings to mind Zooey's famous phony phone call to Franny... 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Emily Friedman [mailto:bananafish_9@yahoo.com]
> Sent: Thursday, October 29, 1998 6:49 PM
> To: bananafish@lists.nyu.edu
> Subject: Re: Focus Question #1 What does phony really mean? (fwd)
> 
> ---Camille Scaysbrook <verona_beach@geocities.com> wrote:
> >
> > 
> > > What does the word "phony" really mean?
> > 
> > Believe it or not I actually heard the word derived from telephones!
> (I
> > don't know whether it's true or not but bear with me ...) Everyone
> knows
> > what it is to put on your `phone' voice - which, yes, is usually
> pretty
> > phony and superficial - and that entered the popular lexicon. Has
> anyone
> > else heard of this or am I imagining things? Actually, it's quite
> > interesting - a phone conversation denotes both closeness and
> distance ...
> > you could say a lot about all the phone calls in TCIR.
> > 
> > Camille
> > verona_beach@geocities.com
> > @ THE ARTS HOLE www.geocities.com/Hollywood/Theater/6442
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> > 
> > Yes that is so true! When Holden calls people on the phone it
> symbolizes that he is reaching out for people but nothing is ever
> clear. I never thought about that before,
> -Liz Friedman
> > 
> 
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