Re: Lunatic Survey
From: | And Rosta <a.rosta@...> |
Date: | Friday, September 25, 1998, 16:18 |
Sally
> When I queried about Yaguillo's _Lunatic Lovers of Language_, I got a
> couple of fairly negative responses. I checked that book out of our
> library, and I found myself enthralled with it, primarily because she uses
> the term "lunatic."
She actually used _fou_, I believe. I think the original title was
_Foux de langage_, which seems much better to me. _fou_, or Italian
_pazzo_, seems apter than _lunatic_. Maybe "Mad for language" gets
closer.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~And.