Pronouns & V.S. Naipaul

Terrance lycidas2 at earthlink.net
Thu Oct 11 08:50:51 CDT 2001


"Something happened to He." 

Mrs. Bhakcu always used this pronoun when she spoke of her husband.

(her husband was working under a car and it fell on him
his wife calls a neighbor for help, the neighbor, Hat,) 

Hat says, 


"And is there he looking for the crank-shaft?" 

>From The Mechanical Genius

What a great language. 



"How you so stupid." 

        ---V.S. Naipaul



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