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[Burns, Erik]

Foax:

Terrance wrote:
> Why am I being a stickler about this? Because the claim that **ALL*
> reading is rereading implies that one can not read a book without
> rereading it. This is an absurd claim. Even the claim that one has not
> REALLY read _Bleak House_ until or unless one has reread it is
> ridiculous. N is giving advise. Good advice.

That wasn't my claim, intentionally. I misquoted from memory. This started
with a comment about how rereading (and re-viewing things on the Tube)
breeds familiarity (and apparently an ability to quote verbatim at length,
an ability I unfortunately don't have (see above)).

etb