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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.