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From: brust@hyper.UUCP (Steven Brust)
Newsgroups: net.sf-lovers
Subject: Re: Ooops, I forgot...
Message-ID: <153@hyper.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 27-Mar-85 11:14:24 EST
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Posted: Wed Mar 27 11:14:24 1985
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> <urp!>
> 
> In article <149@hyper.UUCP> brust@hyper.UUCP (Steven Brust) writes:
> > For those who are interested, [my ten best english writers list includes]
> > ..., Judith Martin (aka Miss Manners),...
> 
> (gag! urp!)
> 
> C'mon, Steve!  Miss Manners?!  With her cloying "Gentle Reader" and referring
> to herself in the third person ("Miss Manners hates it when people throw
> up at cocktail parties and rush off to the hospital without even saying
> 'Excuse me, I must go; I've regurgitated my liver'").  Her writing style
> makes me want to squeeze her head in a pneumatic press until she screams
> "STOP! STOP! STOP!" just so I can admonish her with a "SAY PLEEEEEASE!!"
> 

There, there.  Put your head on Mister Writer's shoulder and he'll
hold you until you're done.  There.  Feel better?  Now let Mister
Writer explain why he so adores dear Miss Manners.

Mister Writer appreciates the time you are taking to respond to this
rather delicate issue, but wonders if you have, in fact, taken the
time to read carefully.  Mister Writer finds Miss Manners style a
pure delight, and is saddened that there aren't more readers
who appreciate complete mastery of the language blended with a
gently ironic touch of nineteenth century Romanticism.

			-- SKZB