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 > > @ THE INVERTED FOREST www.angelfire.com/pa/invertedforest > > > > 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 > > > > _________________________________________________________ > DO YOU YAHOO!? > Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com >