Chris: I don't see the "misinterpretation" yet. It seems to me that Joseph
Berg utilized the ambiguity in the word "junk" to employ the quote with
reference to art works. Quite apt, I think.
Geoff C
From: "Chris Miller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [email protected]
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: Junk is the ultimate merchandise
Date: Tue, 25 Nov 2008 13:34:06 GMT
>Isn't 'junk' slang for heroin -- hence junkie (which is also the title of
a
Burroughs book)
Is it?
Then this appears to be an example of a line that was reborn as a famous
quote based on a mis-interpretation.
If, instead, Burroughs had written "Heroin is the ultimate merchandise..
etc"
-- I doubt it would have been anthologized as a famous quote -- and
certainly
Joseph Berg wouldn't have shared it with this list.
Who wants to hear about heroin ? If you search for "heroin" on
"quoteworld.org" or "quotationspage.com", you won't find a single listing.
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