November 29, 2007


Vernacular Fun

Shorty has been riding the Victrola lately.

‘Flockers (and Friends): What (if anything) does that statement conjure up in your mind? Is it old-timey Reefer Man lingo? World War II code? Schizophrenic wacko talk? You tell me.

posted by Sheila Ryan in dear clusterflock, language 

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7 Responses to “Vernacular Fun”

  1. Deron Bauman on November 29th, 2007 at 4:05 pm

    it makes me think of the first sentence of a story Gordon would have published in the Quarterly. or an overheard snippet that might change one’s life.

  2. Cindy Scroggins on November 29th, 2007 at 4:07 pm

    I think of a Tennessee Williams character describing her scruffy dog’s activities.

  3. Rick Neece on November 29th, 2007 at 4:20 pm

    Sounds like a euphemistic way of saying putting a peepee in a va-jay-jay.

    Or whackin’ off.

  4. Cindy Scroggins on November 29th, 2007 at 5:08 pm

    Oh, Rick, your mind is in the gutter!

  5. Rick Neece on November 29th, 2007 at 6:15 pm

    Yup. Y’all take the high road. I’ll take the low road. And I’ll be in Scotland a’fore ye. (I should link in warthogs here.)
    XOR

  6. Rick Neece on November 29th, 2007 at 6:26 pm

    BTW
    God, I miss the “Q.” When I’d find it in a bookstore, I’d bring it home, hungrily gobbling all the bits as soon as I got home. I love elimae, but something bound in paperback, in my hands, cover by Chip Kidd. I love you Deron, I love you Cooper, I love elimae. There’s just something about the feel of the thing in one’s hands. I love you, too, Gordon, I hope you’re well and happy.

  7. Andrew Simone on December 1st, 2007 at 12:44 pm

    Rick, you and I thought the very same thing about that sentence.