C. Treichel ([email protected])
Fri, 11 Dec 1998 00:37:46 +0000
I don't have time to pick this apart but here's an example of what I mean:
"I don't know how this this rumour got started,and I don't care. But,what
is shocking to meis that so many of you (so I'm told) could even fathom for
a moment that it would be true."
If you are truly a scholar of the English language, that sentence should
make you cringe. The clumsy use of the word "fathom" and the could/would
thing (You're the English major - you explain it.) should jump right out. I
won't even comment on the punctuation, especially since I tend to scatter
it liberally myself.
I won't bother dissecting the rest but one must agree that the post is, if
not always incorrect, certainly ineloquent. That is a word which I don't
think anyone has ever used to describe Bono. My point is that it should be
painfully obvious this unwieldy composition was not written by our favorite
poet, who is also a brilliant writer of prose. If it was, then he really
dose have a problem. It's comical that anyone would read this and consider
the possibility of its legitimacy. Given the time to compose a reply to
such "shocking" (yeah, right - Bono shocked at public opinion) accusations,
don't you think he would come up with something less awkward?
There are countless reasons why this whole thing is ridiculous.
Get a clue, people. It's a sham, a hoax, a ruse, A TROLL!!!
Maybe it was supposed to be funny. Whether or not the intention was humour,
the result is certainly amusing.
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