RE: "G arrives...." another interpretation

["Forward, Jonathan" <JForward@SITGBSD1.TELECOM.com.au>]

Date: Friday, 12 August 1994 12:47PM
Ben Miller wrote:

]In English and European literature in the 19th and early 20th century, it
]was not uncommon to see characters or acquaintances of characters referred 
to
]by single letters.  For example, Emma, from the Jane Austen novel might 
receive
]a letter from "G_".  In Franz Kafka's "The Castle", the protagonist is 
called
]"K". For Kate, literate person that she is, imitating that style would be a 
no
]brainer.
]
]Obviously putting too much thought into this,
]
]Ben Miller
]bmiller@zdlmail.zdlabs.ziff.com

 And if you look through The Garden, you'll see Paddy referring to 'D' and 
'J'.
 Looks like it's just a habit that Kate & the gang had, probably influenced 
by
 the works to which Ben referred.  My wife lives on 19th century literature 
and
 she's picked up all sorts of funny old speech habits, even calling me 'J' 
on
 occasion.

J>>>o>>>n>>>a>>>t>>>h>>>a>>>n>>>>>>F>>>o>>>r>>>w>>>a>>>r>>>d>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
"Of all the clever people round me here I most delight in me -
 Mine is the only voice I hear, And mine the only face I see." - Roy 
Campbell

"You never understood me. You never really tried." - Kate Bush
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