Not P but more of DFW's references

[Mike Jing]

That makes sense. Thanks, Mark.


On Sun, Nov 20, 2022 at 6:58 AM Mark Kohut <mark.kohut at gmail.com> wrote:

> The reference is to Harry Truman, once President of the US. Famously a
> straightforward
> uncomplex speaker who nevertheless had political shrewdness of which the
> persona was an example.
>
> On Sun, Nov 20, 2022 at 1:23 AM Mike Jing <gravitys.rainbow.cn at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> From "Authority and American Usage":
>>
>> In ADMAU’s preface, Garner himself addresses the Authority question with a
>> Trumanesque simplicity and candor that simultaneously disguise the
>> author’s
>> cunning and exemplify it:
>>
>> Does the "Trumanesque" here refer to The Truman Show, or is it something
>> else?
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>