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> << Isn't it weird how we just make sounds, which we call words, and those
> sounds can engender
> deep feelings, both negative and positive? >>
>
> Yes, and sometimes I'll see a simple word in a book, a word I've seen
> thousands of times before, and all of a sudden it looks strange to me. But
> like you say, words are powerful things. I think that choosing my words in an
> e-mail context has made me a more careful conversationalist as well...
I used to be so paranoid about about saying the wrong that i would very carefully and
then
say the wrong thing! Now i am more spontaneous.
>
>
> <<When you read a novel do the characters each
> have their own voice or is eveything in your own voice?>>
>
> If it's a good book...right now I'm reading Nick Hornby's "About A Boy", and
> he's SUCH a good writer that it's almost impossible NOT to hear Fiona's,
> Will's, and Marcus' individual voices. And thanks to all the UK JMDLer's, I
> even understand most of the British expressions! :~)
Yes, I too 'hear' the voice of the character. I am really excercisng my brain right now
and reading the 3rd Harry Potter book....
The other thing I really don't like is watching a film of a book I have read. the
charcters are rarely as I pictured them!
>
>
> << has it ever occurred to you that
> people somewhere might be in a cinema and watching YOU on a screen? Your
> life?>>
>
> Like "The Truman Show"...excellent flick! If you haven't seen it and you're
> interested in that sort of concept, I sure recommend it. Unfortunately, my
> like is so dull that if people were watching me on a screen, they would have
> walked out of the theatre YEARS ago! :~)
Yes I saw The Truman Show. But that isn't quite what I had in mind.
>
>
> And, by the way, a Happy Birthday to you Colin!
Thank you.
>
>
> Bob
>
> NP: Tony Joe White, "Polk Salad Annie"
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bw
colin
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