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There is certainly an AE principle of voice and tone evident here. Realize that the original interview with Gavin Newsom, the California governor, and Adam Carolla, the comedian, happened in 2013. The ...

Needing my next fix of Richard Russo I looked at what Amazon had to offer. I found Sh*tshow, as Amazon delicately put it. But what's this, a choice of format? It's available for 99p on Kindle and £27 ...

But everyone in it is a snappy dialogueur. Well, who knows, plebs may be like that. Your average novel reader doesn't.
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But you can see the problem. How did the 'you' figure ever end up in such ...

But I don't think anyone would describe him as 'lawyer and novelist'. This is quite important since every novelist was something before he could be remotely described as a novelist. It's called 'writ ...

Third it would require us to believe these Pentagon aces of yours are so on the ball they had worked everything out in the few hours after Netanyahu phoned head office with the news he was going to bo ...

'lawyer and novelist' which is not something I've come across before. Shades of John Mortimer.
And John Grisham.

Vidal's stepdad Auchincloss would also marry the mother of Jackie Kennedy. A tangled web.

Louis Auchincloss...
I forgot that I learned about him from a Gore Vidal essay. I also forgot that an Auchincloss married Vidal's mother later in life. My guess is that Britain has a Gore Vidal in ev ...

Compare your Arsenal fandom to your Patriots fandom? I assume its on the lines of 10:1, but I'm surely wrong.

If Trump is a 4D chess master...Temperament wise Trump is much more suited to Snap than 4D chess.
I can't help but read these discussions of Trump's acumen or lack thereof and think that it is all me ...

We are supposed to laugh at him because he wore a funny coat at school and used to go long-distance running.

Widmerpool also takes hits from the narrator for once hitting golf balls, but not anymor ...

CNN has been running a constant ticker, just below the main headline, on its website since the war began. Oodles of coverage, all the time. They really hate higher prices!

I just finished the fourth (of twelve) Anthony Powell novels (Dances with the Sound of Music, I think). I think I have to cry "Uncle."

If you don't know, the near-silent narrator describ ...

Re: Tom Sawyer
M'boy and I pushed through the pirate chapter, and he enjoyed it. I'd been asked to scout ahead, to make sure it wasn't scary.

The pirate chapter was interesting because Tom cont ...

No doubt you will remember that Tom was ordered by his aunt to whitewash a fence and, to avoid such a tedious task, got others to do it by charging them for the 'privilege'.
M'boy and I are reading t ...

Author	Message
Topic: Conversational AE
Pete Jones Replies: 141 Views: 55331	Forum: APPLIED EPISTEMOLOGY Posted: 9:26 pm Subject: Conversational AE
Pete Jones Replies: 141 Views: 55331	There is certainly an AE principle of voice and tone evident here. Realize that the original interview with Gavin Newsom, the California governor, and Adam Carolla, the comedian, happened in 2013. The ...
Topic: The Canons of Culture
Pete Jones Replies: 282 Views: 395013	Forum: NEW CONCEPTS Posted: 4:07 pm Subject: The Canons of Culture
Pete Jones Replies: 282 Views: 395013	Needing my next fix of Richard Russo I looked at what Amazon had to offer. I found Sh*tshow, as Amazon delicately put it. But what's this, a choice of format? It's available for 99p on Kindle and £27 ...
Topic: The Canons of Culture
Pete Jones Replies: 282 Views: 395013	Forum: NEW CONCEPTS Posted: 4:06 pm Subject: The Canons of Culture
Pete Jones Replies: 282 Views: 395013	But everyone in it is a snappy dialogueur. Well, who knows, plebs may be like that. Your average novel reader doesn't. ... But you can see the problem. How did the 'you' figure ever end up in such ...
Topic: The Canons of Culture
Pete Jones Replies: 282 Views: 395013	Forum: NEW CONCEPTS Posted: 12:35 pm Subject: The Canons of Culture
Pete Jones Replies: 282 Views: 395013	But I don't think anyone would describe him as 'lawyer and novelist'. This is quite important since every novelist was something before he could be remotely described as a novelist. It's called 'writ ...
Topic: Questions Of The Day
Pete Jones Replies: 6131 Views: 6185466	Forum: Politics Posted: 12:23 pm Subject: Questions Of The Day
Pete Jones Replies: 6131 Views: 6185466	Third it would require us to believe these Pentagon aces of yours are so on the ball they had worked everything out in the few hours after Netanyahu phoned head office with the news he was going to bo ...
Topic: The Canons of Culture
Pete Jones Replies: 282 Views: 395013	Forum: NEW CONCEPTS Posted: 12:09 pm Subject: The Canons of Culture
Pete Jones Replies: 282 Views: 395013	'lawyer and novelist' which is not something I've come across before. Shades of John Mortimer. And John Grisham.
Topic: The Canons of Culture
Pete Jones Replies: 282 Views: 395013	Forum: NEW CONCEPTS Posted: 12:08 pm Subject: The Canons of Culture
Pete Jones Replies: 282 Views: 395013	Vidal's stepdad Auchincloss would also marry the mother of Jackie Kennedy. A tangled web.
Topic: The Canons of Culture
Pete Jones Replies: 282 Views: 395013	Forum: NEW CONCEPTS Posted: 12:04 pm Subject: The Canons of Culture
Pete Jones Replies: 282 Views: 395013	Louis Auchincloss... I forgot that I learned about him from a Gore Vidal essay. I also forgot that an Auchincloss married Vidal's mother later in life. My guess is that Britain has a Gore Vidal in ev ...
Topic: The Importance of Sport
Pete Jones Replies: 5227 Views: 12682189	Forum: NEW CONCEPTS Posted: 11:59 am Subject: The Importance of Sport
Pete Jones Replies: 5227 Views: 12682189	Compare your Arsenal fandom to your Patriots fandom? I assume its on the lines of 10:1, but I'm surely wrong.
Topic: Questions Of The Day
Pete Jones Replies: 6131 Views: 6185466	Forum: Politics Posted: 11:56 am Subject: Questions Of The Day
Pete Jones Replies: 6131 Views: 6185466	If Trump is a 4D chess master...Temperament wise Trump is much more suited to Snap than 4D chess. I can't help but read these discussions of Trump's acumen or lack thereof and think that it is all me ...
Topic: The Canons of Culture
Pete Jones Replies: 282 Views: 395013	Forum: NEW CONCEPTS Posted: 8:20 pm Subject: The Canons of Culture
Pete Jones Replies: 282 Views: 395013	We are supposed to laugh at him because he wore a funny coat at school and used to go long-distance running. Widmerpool also takes hits from the narrator for once hitting golf balls, but not anymor ...
Topic: Principles of Applied Epistemology
Pete Jones Replies: 764 Views: 728782	Forum: APPLIED EPISTEMOLOGY Posted: 12:27 pm Subject: Principles of Applied Epistemology
Pete Jones Replies: 764 Views: 728782	CNN has been running a constant ticker, just below the main headline, on its website since the war began. Oodles of coverage, all the time. They really hate higher prices!
Topic: The Canons of Culture
Pete Jones Replies: 282 Views: 395013	Forum: NEW CONCEPTS Posted: 8:33 pm Subject: The Canons of Culture
Pete Jones Replies: 282 Views: 395013	I just finished the fourth (of twelve) Anthony Powell novels (Dances with the Sound of Music, I think). I think I have to cry "Uncle." If you don't know, the near-silent narrator describ ...
Topic: The Tom Sawyer Principle
Pete Jones Replies: 987 Views: 552450	Forum: Politics Posted: 4:54 pm Subject: The Tom Sawyer Principle
Pete Jones Replies: 987 Views: 552450	Re: Tom Sawyer M'boy and I pushed through the pirate chapter, and he enjoyed it. I'd been asked to scout ahead, to make sure it wasn't scary. The pirate chapter was interesting because Tom cont ...
Topic: The Tom Sawyer Principle
Pete Jones Replies: 987 Views: 552450	Forum: Politics Posted: 1:16 pm Subject: Re: The Tom Sawyer Principle
Pete Jones Replies: 987 Views: 552450	No doubt you will remember that Tom was ordered by his aunt to whitewash a fence and, to avoid such a tedious task, got others to do it by charging them for the 'privilege'. M'boy and I are reading t ...