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Anonymous Posted 21 years ago
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'a south-of-the-border'
It's this expression a self-invented form from the writter (in fact, a little eccentric personage) or it really existes?:
' I take a look at the Thoreauvian (sic) way of life as evidenced in present-day in America... a south-of-the-border adaptation om my theme, (i.e.) the relationship of isolation and solitude to one's productive capacity; in effect, to one´s life in the world.'
Thanks, Any.
' I take a look at the Thoreauvian (sic) way of life as evidenced in present-day in America... a south-of-the-border adaptation om my theme, (i.e.) the relationship of isolation and solitude to one's productive capacity; in effect, to one´s life in the world.'
Thanks, Any.
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Which expression, Any? Thoreauvian ? Thoreauvian is a way of composing an adjective for Thoreau .
- Which expression, Any?
- Thoreauvian ?
- Thoreauvian is a way of composing an adjective for Thoreau .
- It avoids an unpronounceable string of six consecutive vowels.
- Oh, pardon me-- I now notice your thread title.
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Which expression, Any? Thoreauvian? Thoreauvian is a way of composing an adjective for Thoreau. It avoids an unpronounceable string of six consecutive vowels.
Oh, pardon me-- I now notice your thread title. South-of-the-border is a common adverb/adjective which in this passage suggests that the writer's persona is from Canada, since the US is south of
Oh, pardon me-- I now notice your thread title. South-of-the-border is a common adverb/adjective which in this passage suggests that the writer's persona is from Canada, since the US is south of
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