NP Ebonics (was It ain't only Rock & Roll, it's Jazz too)

[Paul Mackin]

On Sat, 2003-03-15 at 23:48, David Morris wrote:
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> > In a message dated 3/15/03 12:50:23 AM, vze422fs at verizon.net writes:
> > 
> > 
> > > Believe it or not, I think Terrance is owed an apology here. 
> 
> T E R R A N C E
> 
> What ARE you?
> 
> Are
> You
> ?
> 
> Hmmmmmmmmmm...
> 
> EYE Pall low juice Ice
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What DID we take Terrance for?  Well, I instantly pictured  him as  a
heavy  imbiber or former imbiber of the magical elixir that springs from
the ground of that small island on the edge of Europe, the self same
drinking water that nourished Swift, Wilde, Joyce and multitudinous
other great writers--this all notwithstanding the fact that Terrance
almost never tried to write either clearly or well.He could do both when
he wanted to. But the key word here is when. Above all, at times
something incredibly strange could be turned lose. Which with a little
bit a editing might have been, well, who knows . . . .

That was the beginning.  Now I know Terrance is even more complex than
I'd thought.More complex than I know or imagined.

P.