Date:    Sat, 21 Feb 1998 10:25:43 -0500
<br>From:    Robert Kelly  kelly[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]BARD.EDU 
<br>Subject: Re: John Dickson Carr and canoodle
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<br>Carr, though indeed born in America, spent many years ---thirty at least--
<br>in Britain, writing the greatest of his work there, and his texts are
<br>interesting studies of 'mid-Atlantic' dialect--- his lovers canoodle, yes,
<br>but his heroes are often young Americans, so Carr can weave his natural
<br>language through the stiffer acquired dialect.  Interesting that what many
<br>regard as the greatest of all his books (The Burning Court) is in fact set
<br>in Pennsylvania...
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<br>Robert Kelly
<br>Division of Literature and Languages, Bard College
<br>Annandale-on-Hudson NY 12504
<br>Voice Mail: 914-758-7600 Box 7205
<br>kelly[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]bard.edu
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<br>On Sat, 21 Feb 1998, Mike Salovesh wrote:
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<br>  Laura Johnson wrote:
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<br>    I notice someone referred to John Dickson Carr in a paragraph about
<br>    British authors.  This author was not British at all.  He was from
<br>    Uniontown, Pennsylvania . . .
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<br>  Yes, of course!  My point was that his Great Detective, the one who used
<br>  the word "canoodle", was supposed to be British -- and his speech
<br>  peculiarities were supposed to be indicative of Britishisms.
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<br>  At least that's the partial memory I'm trying to recover.
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<br>  --  mike salovesh                                salovesh[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]niu.edu 
<br>      anthropology department
<br>      northern illinois university                     PEACE !!!
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