Re: =?iso-8859-1?Q?For_Esm=E9_-_with_love_and_squalor?=
blah b b blah (jrovira@juno.com)
Fri, 05 Mar 1999 19:37:17 -0500 (EST)
Ah, Mirjam, you DO have a job ahead of you. A lot of those expressions
are not only distinctly American, but probably distinctly post WW 2
American, probably New York-ese.
Yeah, eating like a bird hasn't changed -- that means eating lightly.
The Faculties being intact thing...hmmm. That's the most powerful line
in the story and it does need special attention. It is a reference to
something Esme said in her letter, I believe, about coming through the
war with his faculties intact. There's something perfect about his
spelling it out, though, and I don't know what. I just know that it is.
I think it should be remotely related to child speak in some ways. I'm
not sure.
Jim
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