A cultural divide?
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damigella"here encountering the first knot in the smooth skein of her argument." (V. Woolf, Orlando: A Biography)
"the smooth skein of his imagination had encountered the first knot:" (my fic A Member Of The Wedding)
How come quotations from Gone With The Wind, The Muppet Show or The Little Mermaid (Disney, not Andersen) are immediately recognized while a sentence lifted almost verbatim from Virginia Woolf goes unnoticed?
Maybe I should use precise quotations. Maybe it's a US/UK issue. Feedback appreciated.
"the smooth skein of his imagination had encountered the first knot:" (my fic A Member Of The Wedding)
How come quotations from Gone With The Wind, The Muppet Show or The Little Mermaid (Disney, not Andersen) are immediately recognized while a sentence lifted almost verbatim from Virginia Woolf goes unnoticed?
Maybe I should use precise quotations. Maybe it's a US/UK issue. Feedback appreciated.
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Date: 2011-05-06 10:04 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-05-06 10:13 pm (UTC)[ETA: When in the US I have trouble phoning for a cab. When I have to listen to one of those annoying taped messages, I end up pressing 2 for Spanish. I never properly learned Spanish, but at least I can tell which vowel is which.]
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Date: 2011-05-06 11:41 pm (UTC)