as answered in the alt.usage.english (AUE) Usenet newsgroup. My thanks to the participating AUE members.
The focus of my questions was the language: rare words, funny or original expressions, special or strange constructs — as I saw them, from within my own idiosyncrasies.
A Handful of Dust
by Evelyn Waugh
as answered in the alt.usage.english (AUE) Usenet newsgroup. My thanks to the participating AUE members.
The focus of my questions was the language: rare words, funny or original expressions, special or strange constructs — as I saw them, from within my own idiosyncrasies.