Poor Imp

Oh, it ought to last a couple of days at the very least. Certainly won't go rotten in day. Frozen, of course, it might last for a month or more. ...

Or I wouldn't. Hey, not lying, right? Probably. -Tov -- Would you rather listen to or watch someone?

Bravo! bob. ^_^ .

But he never really liked his writing style! He thought it was too clunky. He always considered himself to be more of a poet, and when his poetry wasn't well ...

True there - he gives an example, one beautiful, the other a headache (to be kind).^_^ But he seems to react to confused complexity, and dismiss (to some extent) a ...

(*laughs* Seriously? I just typed whatever came to me. That's somewhat creepy if it was actually accurate...) Oy...yes, in entire seriousness. ^_^'' And it's very oddl; and a bit neat ...

Hehehe... I think he's trying to say how language should be clear and beautiful. ;) About beauty? That I missed - he certainly wants it clear. ^_^

Haha, I stopped half-way. Basically what this guy is saying is that the English language (or any language for that sake) must be lodged. That it shouldn't evolve. Oh evolve ...

Inept and im precise. Oy. ^_^''

Or the reverse. ;) That's the reverse of my first sentence, or second/third? :P

Orwell here is bit of Anglophile as far as language goes, caught in a communist scare, isn't he? ^_~ Some very interesting thoughts there though. Bad education, inept thought...all lead ...

Tov's rather worried about a sharpened sword in the room. Vaguely. But other than that - now that I'm awake -- Tapping her finger against her lips, the writer turned ...

...Loved the story, Crysi. ^_^ A brilliant birthday present. Though now, it seems...I'm stuck writing with Saphirus standing at my shoulder. #_#

Oh dear. @_@ Ha - if I weren't half asleep, I'd probably have something more articulate or violent to say. I'll just glance over my shoulder instead. ^_^'' -- But ...

More reading... Anna Karenina Tolstoy -- and Wand in the World (collected interviews with fantasy authors, Wynne Jones, Pullman, Alexander...) Leonard S. Marcus. Hilaire Belloc's poetry as well... in