We have different expectations from conversation, Carrol. I expect people
to look closely at the thing they're talking about before they opine. Not
before they ask a question. Before they opine.
Tim Romano

At 10:17 AM 3/7/03, Carrol Cox wrote:
>Tim Romano wrote:
> >
> >
> > Why enter a discussion of the poem with a premature post that begins: "I
> > don't have my translation handy, but from what I remember of the
> > Wanderer..."  ?
> >
>
>This is an e-mail list, neither a post-doctoral seminar nor a refereed
>journal. That seems a perfectly valid opening to me. In fact, I see no
>reason before the third or fourth round of posts in a thread for any
>particular precision of reference. The parameters ought to be
>conversational.
>
>Carrol Cox