Oh well, the point is, he died too early from shooting himself. Early onset dementia, here I come. And it's Lola; just call me Lola.
I think writing all those staccato little sentences pickled his brain. There was a story that in 1922 his wife lost all his papers, including the newly completed manuscript of one of his works on a train, and didn't know how to tell him what she'd done. When packing the suitcase, she had, with would be in other circumstances commendable thoroughness, included all the carbon copies and handwritten drafts. The conversation allegedly went a bit like this:
Hadley: Ernest, I've done something awful, and I don't know how to tell you!
Ernest: What did you do?
Hadley: I can't tell you!
Ernest: Did you sleep with a Negro?
Legend has it that his famous clipped style was born as a result of his having to get material ready for publishing quickly as a result of this. It is often said that he used the style guide of the Kansas City Star, where he had been a cub reporter, as his rule book: “Use short sentences. Use short first paragraphs. Use vigorous English.”
That's
she had, with what would be in other circumstances commendable thoroughness
@Mame,
Quote:And personally, although I abuse a lot of grammar rules (starting a sentence with a conjunction, for example!! Not to mention ending with a preposition, oh well... lol)
This has gotta be tongue in cheek, Mame, 'cause you couldn't possibly be this thick.
@ossobuco,
Quote:I'm about to start in on a book by David Foster Wallace
Supposed to be an excellent writer, Osso, but he was an a dud when it came to grammar and how English works. Maybe he wasn't so much to blame - he had a mother who abused him grammatically.
@Mame,
Its perfectly sane to start a sentence with a conjunction. I always do that .AND ,Im stickin with it.
@JTT,
I read one page and liked it (oh, nooo, reminded me of myself) but the book got lower in the pile when I bought five new ones from the goodwill shop, all of those also flashing their vanities from the night stand.
@farmerman,
Quote:Re: Mame (Post 5240250)
Its perfectly sane to start a sentence with a conjunction. I always do that .AND ,Im stickin with it.
But I would never do that.
And I never will.
I use them in place of "and" or "or" and my grammar check function never finds fault with me.
@Lola,
Lolaessense wrote:And it's Lola; just call me Lola.
I asked her her name and in a dark brown voice she said: Lola;
L-o-l-a, Lola, lo-lo-lo-lo Lola.
@Walter Hinteler,
Avatar not really all that clear, but it does look like Lola!
@Frank Apisa,
I think you got it right, frank. As a matter of fact, I'm sure of it.
Hi Osso, my good friend; Walter, my darling; Frank, my dear; and Mr. Bernie, of course. It's me ok. I sure wish I could get that "essence" off the end of my name. It's so stupid. But then everything seems a little stupid lately; I'm afraid. But anyway it is little ole me.
@Lola,
Hey,
I am near sure you can do that.
Click on the Contact Us at the bottom of the page, and fill in the blanks.
Were it me, I'd address it to Jespah, as she knows you well.
@Lola,
Good googly woogly...it is so great to see ya, Lola.
Life is good again!
@Lola,
Howdy Lola (and Bernard).
