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And speaking of the WashPost, I was published again!

Post by Hilary the Touched » Thu Dec 01, 2005 1:28 pm

Okay, it was only a letter to the editor, and it was in possibly the least-read section, Book World--but still.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/co ... 02110.html
I'll take whatever attention I can get. :P

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Post by Helen8 » Thu Dec 08, 2005 1:31 am

Well I, for one, am impressed. :yip

Italicized book title: check.
Correct single quotes within double quotes: check.
Kill 'em with kindness; then go for the jugular: check.

That's Our Hilary. woot

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Post by Hilary the Touched » Thu Dec 08, 2005 8:29 am

:D
I'm sure the editor of Book World gave my e-mail a gentle tweak or two, but thanks, Helen!
I was puzzled as hell by the word "pricklouse", until I read someplace that vermin often gather in the seams of garments. You see art sometimes depicting the poor delousing their clothing, painstakingly following the seams and crushing things. And of course, that's where tailors work. Low-end tailors, it occurs to me, might also have made more of their living by altering or repairing second-hand clothing.
That's one reason that linens used to be boiled during laundering--it wasn't just for the sake of whiteness, it was to kill guests.

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Post by Helen8 » Thu Dec 08, 2005 12:38 pm

Gee, thanks for that waaaaaay too descriptive explanation as I puke out my Cheerios. :spew [I knew that I'd be using this emoticon a lot.]

Still in all, hear! hear!

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