u.s.w.

[Bonnie Surfus (ENG)]

On Wed, 5 Jun 1996, Andrew Dinn wrote:

> Wolfe, Skip writes:
> 
> [re u.s.w.]
> 
> > I think it's the German 
> > equivalent of etc., by the way, but don't know any details
> 
> Details. You want details?
> 
> Well accordingly to the German Swiss student sitting at my left the
> full works (Sammelten Werken?) is `und so weiter und so fort' which
> looks like a masterpiece of Swiss precision overkill to me.
> 
> He even claims to have observed the above in `classic Swiss
> literature'. Who he, I hear you muse? well, I assumed it was another
> name for {} (aka Danish O) so I made inquiries re the extension of
> said concept and the only thing I recognized in the reply was William
> Tell - and even then I had never heard of the author (something like
> Gotthelf?).

I believe it's Gurdjeff (umlaut on the "u").> 
> That enough details for you?
> 
> 
> 
> Andrew Dinn
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> And though Earthliness forget you,
> To the stilled Earth say:  I flow.
> To the rushing water speak:  I am.
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