Orwell's dead-ends well

[Judith M. Herr]

Can't kill an aspidistra - otherwise known as the iron plant.  Mostly =
you
dust it...


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From: austin-ghetto-list-admin@pairlist.net
[mailto:austin-ghetto-list-admin@pairlist.net] On Behalf Of Wayne =
Johnson
Sent: Thursday, March 11, 2004 6:00 AM
To: austin-ghetto-list@pairlist.net
Subject: Re: Orwell's dead-ends well

Sheeyit, thar Blacky Boy.  Weall hyar in da Geto is well knowed for our
literasacity!

Jus kep on read'n an every lil thang will wurk out good.

I bin read'n evury day of mah lif an it done me no harmm at all.  It's =
kind
of fun sometimes, wit them lil pitchers runnin' aroun in mah bran.

Bubba
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From: <blacky@cbn.net.id>
To: <austin-ghetto-list@pairlist.net>
Sent: Thursday, March 11, 2004 7:12 AM
Subject: Orwell's dead-ends well


> > Mon bon,
> >
> > Qu'est-ce qui c'est que l'"aspitistra", s'il te plait?
> >
> > pep
> >
>
> Err, sorry, it's a George Orwell reference -- his satire on English =
petit
> bourgeois living: a novel titled KEEP THE ASPIDISTRA FLYING. The
> aspidistra is, was, apparently a very common houseplant for the middle
> classes in those days.
>
> Didn't mean to be obscure. Maybe I've read too much.
>
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