language
Paul Mackin
paul.mackin at verizon.net
Fri Mar 21 07:54:10 CST 2003
On Fri, 2003-03-21 at 07:21, Otto wrote:
> "And then I'd
> Get a cuppa cawfee"
> http://www.science.uva.nl/~robbert/zappa/albums/Over-Nite_Sensation/07.html
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "jbor" <jbor at bigpond.com>
> To: <pynchon-l at waste.org>
> Sent: Friday, March 21, 2003 1:26 PM
> Subject: Re: language
> >
> > Spelling has absolutely nothing to do with spoken English - nor with
> > grammar, prescriptive or otherwise for that matter. If it did, then every
> > morning when you order your "kawfee" and "baygl" at "Stawrbox" with your
> > "MLA starl berk" and your "Noo Yawk Tarms" under your arm your language
> > use is "mangled" and "aberrant" too.
L'ecriture est deja dans la parole . . .
J.D.
:-)
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