Another smalltown librarian

[Jules Siegel]

At 09:33 AM 07/3/97 -0400, Sojourner <sojourner at vt.edu> wrote:

>Oh my word... you sound as if you are almost proud of the fact you lived in
the mega-slang factory of "dope-dealing" northern California!  Are you?

Very much so. And not "almost," either.

>Did it sadden you so much that an author wrote a book of fiction which
>INCORRECTLY used the slang and euphemisms of some dope dealers?  Did that
>put a tear in your eye and an ache in your heart for them good old damned
>days when you couldn't throw a rock without hitting some drug dealers?  I
>am so sorry it annoyed you, you purist, you seeker of truths and honesty.
>I'm sorry that poor Mr. Pynchon offended your sensibilities and ruined your
>ENTERTAINMENT and enjoyment of his work.

I didn't deplore his inventions. I said that they made it impossible for me
to enjoy Vineland. You live in Virginia. Do you speak with a southern
accent? Do you use regional idioms? If so, how do you feel when some Yankee
jerk imitates all this on the basis of having read Mark Twain in high school?

>I also pine for the lost and
>misrepresented integrity of that honorable bunch of thieves which you are
>so proud to announce to the world were your neighbors and companions during
>your long and gritty life.

These people were better to me and to each other than were most of the
straight people such as yourself who seem to enjoy indulging in boorish
rhetoric to the exclusion of real social contact.

>Sam Reames
>Technical Services/Serials Receiving
>University Libraries
>Virginia Tech
>Blacksburg, VA  24060

What is it with these smalltown college librarians? Too much time on their
hands?


--Jules Siegel Apdo 1764 Cancun QR 77501
http://www.yucatanweb.com/siegel/jsiegel.htm