tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8507136945842934293.post8308075096996153187..comments2023-09-21T06:15:03.099-07:00Comments on Conjugate Visits: Hello, FodderJune Casagrandehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00363096837053080969noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8507136945842934293.post-77840633136430796432009-04-14T10:59:00.000-07:002009-04-14T10:59:00.000-07:00Thank you. I was having fun with that. I think the...Thank you. I was having fun with that. I think the walking a line between irreverance and, well, reverence is psychology 101-type stuff: torn between rebellion and needing approval. <br /><br />But trust me, I'm much better now.<br /><br />Now sure about "blow deadline." In the newspaper world, "deadline" is often used without an article. "I'm on deadline" or "coming up on deadline" instead of "coming up on A deadline."<br /><br />As for "blow," I can't think of an example, but it seems that there's a trend in the language to shorten things in this way (maybe to shorten some idioms into simple transitive verbs? I'm not sure.). Sort of like "to make nice," just more modern and hip-hop. Wish I could think of an example ....<br /><br />Anyway, thanks!June Casagrandehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00363096837053080969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8507136945842934293.post-10095670328467208052009-04-14T09:59:00.000-07:002009-04-14T09:59:00.000-07:00I like the way you write. Partly, it's the frenet...I like the way you write. Partly, it's the frenetic, smart-assed neurotic in you that appeals to me. That's so easy to identify with. And yet still somehow marginally socially unacceptable.<br /><br />The expression "blow deadline" is nice. Is that the current vernacular or is it just yours? It just rings better, more resonantly and provocatively than "blow my deadline" or "blow a deadline" or whatever. And somehow it makes "deadline" a force or a form (in the Platonic sense).<br /><br />BTW, it isn't just that bit that I like; it's just that I had a question about that bit.<br /><br />That's all. Thanks.Joelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05550742712966484303noreply@blogger.com