Sloth and Pynchon

[Paul Mackin]

Doug Millison wrote:Otto,

> You do an excellent job with English, infinitely better than I could in
> German (which I don't speak or read).  My objection is when your
> misunderstanding of a nuance here or there sends you off on a Quixotic
> crusade to slander me with accusations of lying and dishonesty, when the
> simple fact is that you haven't clearly understood the English expressions
> in play -- as in the "freeloading" and "hand-out" example yesterday. I
> suggest that before you start slinging accusations at somebody based on
> diction, make sure you know what you're talking about first.

The trouble is not Otto's English but Doug's, which never means what it says
and never says what it means.

P.