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Hey - I notice you're reading Parade's End - I read it a few months ago and culled a few citations, but didn't make a serious effort. A monumental novel, though I thought the fourth volume wasn't quite up to snuff.
Anyway, I'd love to see you cite a few more words as you wade through Ford's convoluted swamp of ellipsis... and exclamation marks!
July 26, 2008
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timboimbo commented on the word pi-jaw
From Ford Madox Ford's _Some Do Not..._, the first volume of _Parade's End_:
"I'll admit for the moment that you aren't give me pi-jaw."
"I'm glad," the priest said, "that ye remember eough of yer schooldays to use the old term." (35)
July 25, 2008