tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21999805.post1154428008965064184..comments2024-03-27T06:25:29.002-05:00Comments on Anecdotal Evidence: `Don't Arsk Why!'Patrick Kurphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08436175583386298032noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21999805.post-29712948182358135022014-03-31T14:51:09.642-05:002014-03-31T14:51:09.642-05:00No, not Liverpuddlian dialect. Cod English of a ge...No, not Liverpuddlian dialect. Cod English of a generic kind more likely.<br /><br />(An Englishman)Guy Walkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02304053177188950094noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21999805.post-17352166757291518872014-03-24T16:40:27.329-05:002014-03-24T16:40:27.329-05:00That's a strong reproach to writers! But I wou...That's a strong reproach to writers! But I would say to Johnson that if the writer joyed in the attempt, that he (and I suppose it almost always would have been a he in that year) may have grown in understanding and lived a larger life than he might have otherwise. That a book be placed on the shelf is not the only result of writing--and perhaps, in the end, it is not the most important one, at least to a writer who joys in making a work.Marly Youmanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02377938366750387442noreply@blogger.com