Re: Phoneme winnowing continues

On Friday, June 6, 2003, at 08:02  AM, John Cowan wrote:

> Henrik Theiling scripsit:
>
>> 'Fountain pen' sounds dangerous for clothes.  What is it?  And what's
>> it's operative range? :-)
>
> Only a few mm.  It was the main writing technology between the
> abandonment
> of the quill and the prevalence of the ballpoint, the one with the
> metal
> nib (writing portion) with the split in it.
The fountain pen is now my preferred instrument when I'm writing by
hand. I have a Pelikan 100 and a Parker Super 21 which used to belong
to my great-grandmother. The Pelikan is more reliable, but the line is
nicer with the Parker. And I just scored a pint of Sheaffer Skrip ink
which was about to be thrown out here at work since no one uses it. It
has a nice watery look which gives a lot of variety to the texture of a
handwritten page.

Dirk
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Dirk Elzinga
Dirk_Elzinga@byu.edu

"I believe that phonology is superior to music. It is more variable and
its pecuniary possibilities are far greater." - Erik Satie