Re: for writers

boots goes:

Alan Hope <not.alan.hope@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
Jackson Pillock goes:
"Alan Hope" <not.alan.hope@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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: boots goes:

: >Here in the states there is a candy which amounts to a glob of
: >chocolate containing third-rate nuts, that is labelled a "truffle",
: >and relatively few people here in the states have any idea what pigs
: >have to do with truffles. Sometimes the facts are embarassing, but
: >one goes forward.

: I know what a truffle is, and what pigs root for. The word "candy"
: refers to boiled sugar, and is not appropriate to describe chocolate.

I've heard that dogs are often better truffle-finders than pigs.

I don't think dogs do it of their own accord, do they? Whereas pigs
certainly do.

I'm not getting your meaning clearly Hope. Are you implying that a
more skilled professional is less desireable than a less skilled
amateur because the amateur will "do it" of its own accord?

No, I'm talking about truffles.


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