Language of AtD
gp
wescac at gmail.com
Thu Nov 23 11:56:32 CST 2006
I second that it's much easier. You might still want an OED around
but even the more oddball technology terms he seems to take a brief
moment to describe so you can keep reading straight through unless you
want to worry about intense details and all.
On 11/23/06, rich <richard.romeo at gmail.com> wrote:
> I'm done with the first section--it is a lovable burst of verbiage to get
> lost in; got the be-bop flips, goofy pratfalls, learned musings on the
> concrete and the abstract, in short a very mature writer at work
> it's less zany but still crazy
> fuck the critics and their War
>
> rich
>
>
> On 11/23/06, Paul Mackin <paul.mackin at verizon.net> wrote:
> >
> > On Nov 23, 2006, at 12:04 PM, Ya Sam wrote:
> >
> > > I'm still waiting for my copy to arrive, but I would like to know
> > > from those already reading it about the difficulty of the language,
> > > is it something that would keep you consulting OED every now and
> > > then (like GR and M&D) or is it less difficult (Lot 49
> >
> >
> >
> > Very easy if you're a native speaker and an American.
> >
> > Much that is non-standard English and folksy however.
> >
> > A lot of it sounds like Zoyd Wheeler.
> >
> >
> >
> > >
> > >
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