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OT Bush must go!
"Harry Krause" wrote in message ... Doug Kanter wrote: "W.T. Hatch" wrote in message ... On Wed, 11 Aug 2004 18:39:48 GMT, "Comcast News" wrote: "Harry Krause" wrote in message news:c3dhc2g=.8ff946e4a4a2402d1e0c9f0c9d2fa505@10 92248937.nulluser.com... I may still hold the record for longest sentence ever written in freshman advanced English placement at a certain university in the midwest. Nearly 1000 words, full of phrases, semicolons, and commas, perfect grammar, and absolute nonsense. Even then, I knew my specialty would be nonsense! I had a college professor who would have failed you for using a "run on" sentence. A 1000 word sentence is not the work of a proficient author. Sir: Tell that to William Faulkner (cf. "Intruder int he Dust," "As I Lay Dying") Or, for that matter, to James Joyce. Most sincerely, W.T. Hatch P.S. Yes, I am quite aware that both authors are deceased OK, but that's considered "artistic license". My son's lit class included some e.e. cummings. Forget the content.....oh my. cummings is a favorite of mine. My favorite traditional poet probably is Coleridge. But I wrote a 100-page paper on Thomas Chatterton for some absurd reason while in "kollidge." The paper took almost as long to write as Chatteron lived. I really couldn't stomach poetry, at least whatever my professors wanted us to read. I would've rather had my dick forcibly stuck in a toaster. |
OT Bush must go!
Doug Kanter wrote:
"Harry Krause" wrote in message ... Doug Kanter wrote: "W.T. Hatch" wrote in message ... On Wed, 11 Aug 2004 18:39:48 GMT, "Comcast News" wrote: "Harry Krause" wrote in message news:c3dhc2g=.8ff946e4a4a2402d1e0c9f0c9d2fa505@1 092248937.nulluser.com... I may still hold the record for longest sentence ever written in freshman advanced English placement at a certain university in the midwest. Nearly 1000 words, full of phrases, semicolons, and commas, perfect grammar, and absolute nonsense. Even then, I knew my specialty would be nonsense! I had a college professor who would have failed you for using a "run on" sentence. A 1000 word sentence is not the work of a proficient author. Sir: Tell that to William Faulkner (cf. "Intruder int he Dust," "As I Lay Dying") Or, for that matter, to James Joyce. Most sincerely, W.T. Hatch P.S. Yes, I am quite aware that both authors are deceased OK, but that's considered "artistic license". My son's lit class included some e.e. cummings. Forget the content.....oh my. cummings is a favorite of mine. My favorite traditional poet probably is Coleridge. But I wrote a 100-page paper on Thomas Chatterton for some absurd reason while in "kollidge." The paper took almost as long to write as Chatteron lived. I really couldn't stomach poetry, at least whatever my professors wanted us to read. I would've rather had my dick forcibly stuck in a toaster. Well, I was an English major, and got a B.A. and an M.A. in lit and aspects of lit. Study of poets and poetry was a big part of both degrees. I liked most of what I read and wrote about, but there were more than a few poets who left me cold. My faculty advisor while I was working on my M.A. was a poet and, indeed, later was named Poet Laureate. Interestingly, although his beginnings were about as humble and backwoods as one can get, *he* spoke clearly and distinctly, with a southern accent, and certainly did not sound like an ignorant sod-buster from somewhere 100 miles from The Last Picture Show. I really suggest Tennyson for anyone who wants to dig poetry. There is no one finer. -- "There's an old saying in Tennessee - I know it's in Texas, probably in Tennessee - that says, fool me once, shame on - shame on you. Fool me - you can't get fooled again." -George W. Bush, Nashville, Tenn., Sept. 17, 2002 |
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