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I may even begin at the beginning.
How many cities/towns did Donald Mitchell write the introduction in this time?  Philip Reed wrote the Introduction this time, tinners, in Orford (Suffolk)  . Not nearly as exotic as DM, who is still on the editorial team, but must be pretty old by now. And welcome back from me, too |
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« Reply #4501 on: 17:06:31, 28-05-2008 » |
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Oh, Philip Reed's quite good, isn't he? That's good news: I can be doing without Donald Mitchell and his train-wreck sentence structure (I'd find it more forgivable if he actually seemed to have anything to say ...).
DM's not that old, though: 70ish, maybe? I was once in a symposium where he got very annoyed with Robin Holloway for suggesting that Owen Wingrave might contain a little bit of homoeroticism alongside the pacifism. DM apoplexed away (is that a verb?!) and jangled his keys in his pocket even more than usual.
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« Reply #4502 on: 17:10:24, 28-05-2008 » |
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DM apoplexed away (is that a verb?!) and jangled his keys in his pocket even more than usual.
Even if only neologistically, so it would seem, Tisnow. Very pleasant to see you back with us - I was remarking on your absence only yesterday. |
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« Reply #4503 on: 20:02:54, 28-05-2008 » |
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DM's not that old, though: 70ish, maybe?
He was born 1925 - I looked it up. He's 83. I was once in a symposium where he got very annoyed with Robin Holloway for suggesting that Owen Wingrave might contain a little bit of homoeroticism alongside the pacifism. DM apoplexed away (is that a verb?!) and jangled his keys in his pocket even more than usual.
That's rather typical, I think! I shall adopt apoplexed as a verb. I like it. |
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« Reply #4504 on: 07:21:48, 29-05-2008 » |
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I'll be 52 i n two weeks time, <help>!!!
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« Reply #4505 on: 08:39:35, 29-05-2008 » |
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Lovely day here after the torrential rain of yesterday. Hopefully the gardeners will be able to speed on with the job. They're supposed to finish tomorrow. I wish all on here a happy day and can think of no better blessing for you all than this one I heard the other day.... "May the forces of evil become confused on the way to your house." I love that!  |
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« Reply #4506 on: 09:00:54, 29-05-2008 » |
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apoplected?
does that also mean we have to countenance 'epilepted' and 'ataracted' and 'orthodocted' and 'anorected'
does the application of a thick glue (epoxy) necessitate the verb 'epocted' ?
I think not. There is no verb for apoplexy.
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« Reply #4507 on: 09:14:50, 29-05-2008 » |
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not YET, perhaps...  (I would probably have gone for apoplected but that lacks the sexiness of an 'x'... ) |
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« Reply #4508 on: 12:33:57, 29-05-2008 » |
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There is no verb for apoplexy. The O.E.D. differs, although it is admittedly marked "arch.": apoplex, v: to strike with apoplexy, paralyze, benumb Byron: "If suddenly apoplexed, would he rest in his grave?" Shakespeare (Hamlet): "Sure, that sense is apoplex'd." Heywood: "To apoplex all the vitall spirits." |
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« Reply #4509 on: 12:44:06, 29-05-2008 » |
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I think we can call that a point for Mr Grew...
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« Reply #4510 on: 12:45:30, 29-05-2008 » |
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I think we can call that a point for Mr Grew...
As usual! Unfortunately as he's been cut off we can't ring and congratulate him in Oriental Oz. |
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« Reply #4511 on: 13:00:16, 29-05-2008 » |
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I'll be 52 i n two weeks time, <help>!!!
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I'll be 52 i n two weeks time, <help>!!!
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