David,
Thank you for taking my question seriously. I do agree with your answer.
As a child in New Zealand I read Mark Twain with enormous pleasure. It is the local words that give life to something real.
gratefully,
Janet
Carol,
and we had to learn not to say "fanny"
Ah--I see that Americans use it as we Antipodeans do. It's the Brits who blanch.
Janet
Tom,
as Dave more or less said, poetry is wider than poetry.
Janet
[This message has been edited by Janet Kenny (edited September 06, 2004).]