Even Cathy Berberian knows...she can't sing

[Joseph Tracy]

On Sep 10, 2010, at 2:39 PM, Dave Williams wrote:

>> I still resist and deplore use of the
>> terms, modern and post-modern as
>> literary descriptors.
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> We've not much choice; terms come with the job. that said I resist  
> and deplore the use of terms too....and like Heck I deplore and  
> resist the use of standard spelling punctuation grammar conventions  
> usage sausage peppers black beans white rice onions and almost  
> every other thing i'm too lazy to...cook up ...etc...& Co.  
> and .....so 4th & sew in so sez
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> The term modern has lotz of meanings. The Renaissance, for example.  
> And Shakespeare's Language, contrary to what your avg. person  
> thinks, is modern english. modernism and modernist and post- 
> modernism and post-modernist are fairly useful tools in the right  
> shed when kept sharp
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> if we insist that no terms or classifications be permitted or that  
> Ivan's dictate must be followed and ergo "everything is permitted"  
> we can not have any meaningful dialog or dialog or dialectic.
I have to disagree . Once terms exist we should use them sparingly  
and with a focus on what is meant, acknowledging their limited and  
often short lived usefulness.  I prefer simpler words. A given word  
can only carry so much baggage before it is like a fat Man in a  
canoe, an anchor hooked on a rock.  Instead of carrying  the  
passenger it sinks her  or ties him down.
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> but i resist and deplore anyone's attempt to sence-sore me or how i  
> right wrong
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