Re: Time and place in the breakout novel

nicky.matthews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Nicola Browne) wrote on 22.03.06 in <48ba59ee8796f2690c7f507ee504822f.8364@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:

"David Friedman" <ddfr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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How do you feel about poetry? How does Patricia?

It occurs to me that deliberately playing with syntax is more typical of
poetry than prose.

I used to write it - badly - as a vehicle for teenage angst. In my case
the odd word order of some of my stuff derives mainly from 'wenglish'
- the form of English spoken in South Wales. My parents both came from
there and as a consequence I find it quite natural to write slightly
inverted sentences eg 'She'd like that, I would imagine.'
or 'That would be important, I expect.'There are some others which
cause massive confusion, but which I don't even notice
(and can't call to mind.)

Those sound pretty standard - not that I've that good an ear for it, but
....

I seem to recall constructs more like, say, "Is it a writer you are?".
Would need to reread a certain RCMP series to refresh my memory ...

Kai
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