tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1648230750208763565.post5706575150180952705..comments2023-11-03T11:00:07.566+00:00Comments on Displacement: OULIPO N+7: stuck and stale leakage, and the dictionary’s subconsciousFiona Moorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10052038869211775919noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1648230750208763565.post-39934018069502733542017-06-12T10:46:27.000+01:002017-06-12T10:46:27.000+01:00Yes, very sad indeed. Me too, both the poetry and...Yes, very sad indeed. Me too, both the poetry and the prose.<br /><br />As for Theresa May, perhaps the wild surmise was prophetic... Fiona Moorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10052038869211775919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1648230750208763565.post-36886326612382793302017-06-07T13:58:19.684+01:002017-06-07T13:58:19.684+01:00Dear Fiona
Tres marrant! Theresa May at a wild su...Dear Fiona<br /><br />Tres marrant! Theresa May at a wild surmise. Did you know that French has only around a hundred thousand words whereas English has over a million. Sad news about Helen Dunmore who has died too young aged 64. I own most of her books and have always been a great admirer of her work.<br /><br />Best wishes from Simon R. GladdishPoetry Pleases!https://www.blogger.com/profile/16686247991180317838noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1648230750208763565.post-51208417913201799202017-05-31T23:17:06.756+01:002017-05-31T23:17:06.756+01:00Diolch Sarah! Maybe it's a Sign, though a wei...Diolch Sarah! Maybe it's a Sign, though a weirdly new age one.Fiona Moorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10052038869211775919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1648230750208763565.post-6279710344553194912017-05-31T23:00:08.268+01:002017-05-31T23:00:08.268+01:00Planed Cymunwr - Planet of the Communicant, a/c Y ...Planed Cymunwr - Planet of the Communicant, a/c Y Geireadur Cyfoes, The Modern Welsh Dictionary (says the Vicar, somewhat appropriately ).Sarah Rowland Jonesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1648230750208763565.post-18138525158035164192017-05-31T18:45:04.589+01:002017-05-31T18:45:04.589+01:00OK. Raises interesting adjective/noun questions. ...OK. Raises interesting adjective/noun questions. There’s the Lacquer Passbook, the Lifeless Dendrites, the Gripping Passbook, the Unjointed Kiosk Indictment Passbook and the Scrubby Nauseous Passbook. You’ll have to do Plaid Cymru! <br /><br />For family names I used www.britishsurnames.co.uk and for first names the most comprehensive online list I could find – can’t remember which one.<br /><br />Fiona Moorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10052038869211775919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1648230750208763565.post-92210996867753929052017-05-31T18:16:18.167+01:002017-05-31T18:16:18.167+01:00I rather like "Consolables", even if the...I rather like "Consolables", even if they are the party of stale leakage. What are the analogous substitute names for the other parties? And how do you generate new personal names? Chambers + Phone Book?<br /><br />Richard PowellRichard Powellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16673368212652820920noreply@blogger.com