Comments on: Roundup http://www.edrants.com/roundup-245/ a blog in ever-shifting standing Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:27:32 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: eriol11 http://www.edrants.com/roundup-245/comment-page-1/#comment-247093 eriol11 Tue, 26 Aug 2008 04:02:19 +0000 http://www.edrants.com/?p=8319#comment-247093 The word "twat" must be protected Especially when said aloud. "Twat, twat, twat." There's a little backflip to the word or something. Save the Twat! Cunning Linguists of the world, unite! Gosh, the parents must of seen the word, looked it up and then were were slain in the spirit. Or maybe not. But really who give's a rat's twat about the word? The word “twat” must be protected Especially when said aloud. “Twat, twat, twat.” There’s a little backflip to the word or something. Save the Twat! Cunning Linguists of the world, unite!

Gosh, the parents must of seen the word, looked it up and then were were slain in the spirit. Or maybe not. But really who give’s a rat’s twat about the word?

]]> By: Tim W. Brown http://www.edrants.com/roundup-245/comment-page-1/#comment-247083 Tim W. Brown Mon, 25 Aug 2008 18:21:10 +0000 http://www.edrants.com/?p=8319#comment-247083 Um, correction: "She doesn't like books that <i>take</i> risks." Um, correction: “She doesn’t like books that take risks.”

]]> By: Tim W. Brown http://www.edrants.com/roundup-245/comment-page-1/#comment-247082 Tim W. Brown Mon, 25 Aug 2008 18:05:52 +0000 http://www.edrants.com/?p=8319#comment-247082 Smiley lost me a number of years ago when she published a Harper's essay arguing, with absolutely no tongue inside her cheek, that <i>Uncle Tom's Cabin</i> was a superior book to <i>Huckleberry Finn</i>. The conclusion I came to then was that her name, Smiley, was highly ironic given her humorless, sourpuss view of literature. I think you've hit on another problem with her criticism: she doesn't like books that don't take risks. Looking back, I see now that Twain having Jim speak in Negro dialect was much MUCH too experimental for her. Smiley lost me a number of years ago when she published a Harper’s essay arguing, with absolutely no tongue inside her cheek, that Uncle Tom’s Cabin was a superior book to Huckleberry Finn. The conclusion I came to then was that her name, Smiley, was highly ironic given her humorless, sourpuss view of literature. I think you’ve hit on another problem with her criticism: she doesn’t like books that don’t take risks. Looking back, I see now that Twain having Jim speak in Negro dialect was much MUCH too experimental for her.

]]> By: Scott McCloud http://www.edrants.com/roundup-245/comment-page-1/#comment-247081 Scott McCloud Mon, 25 Aug 2008 16:45:49 +0000 http://www.edrants.com/?p=8319#comment-247081 I liked the Washington Post article and thought Thompson came across as open-minded about his subject at least. Comics needs to *earn* the respect of prose devotees, and I think that most readers of the Thompson article will come away with the impression that we're part of the way there -- which is true. And the "die" comment, was at least partially a joke. :-) I liked the Washington Post article and thought Thompson came across as open-minded about his subject at least. Comics needs to *earn* the respect of prose devotees, and I think that most readers of the Thompson article will come away with the impression that we’re part of the way there — which is true.

And the “die” comment, was at least partially a joke. :-)

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