Subject: Re: Fowl Proscriptions
From: Tim O'Connor (oconnort@nyu.edu)
Date: Tue Jan 25 2000 - 15:52:32 EST
On Tue, Jan 25, 2000 at 03:33:47PM -0500, Paul Kennedy wrote:
> I hope you can help me. I seem to suddenly suffer from some sort of
> insecurity or inferiority complex. (This is only HALF in jest. And I'm
> definitely NOT trying to make fun of anybody....) Matt mis-spelled, and you
> quoted, the word:
>
> >
> > 'Acutality.'
> >
>
> I have always envied Herr Kozusko's erudition. I was actually (acutally?)
> assuming that he was using some arcane vocabulary that is WAY over my head.
> So I held my peace, and typed not a word of criticism or correction.
A lookup of "actuality" in Fowler points to "literary critics' words,"
and he makes clear that he means newspaper and magazine "critics." It's
kind of a harsh statement about reviews in general magazines and papers.
I won't bore people (or try my patience) by typing what Fowler says,
which is reasonably long and serpentine (in many senses of that word).
--tim
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