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Re: transpiration
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Daniel Pearlman <[log in to unmask]>
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Wed, 10 Jun 1998 19:19:13 -0400
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It's a question of usage in *formal* English.
I don't think the acceptance of "transpire" =
"happen" is very secure in the formal arena,
which is still under the care of woolly mammoths
and dinosaurs.
 
Best,
 
Dan
 
At 04:17 PM 6/10/98 -0400, you wrote:
>Dan
>
>According to Merriam Webster, the biological sense of the root "transpire"
>(passage of a fluid through pores) first occurs in 1597.  The fourth sense
>of the word (to occur) didn't actually occur until Abigail Adams used it in
>a letter to her husband in 1775.  Noah Webster included this sense in his
>dictionary in 1828 which didn't actually become popular until the late 19th
>century--but even then it was thought of as indicative of "flamboyant"
>prose.  I probably wouldn't have thought much of it if you hadn't pointed it
>out.
>
>
>
>Dave
>
>
>
>
>
>At 01:47 PM 6/8/98 -0400, you wrote:
>>David,
>>
>>I suspect that each of us blind prophets is feeling a
>>different part of the proverbial elephant.
>>
>>Best regards,
>>
>>Dan
>>
>>At 09:33 AM 6/8/98 -0700, you wrote:
>>>Dear Daniel Pearlman:
>>>        I sent the message to David Centrone referring to my own book
>>>before reading this last posting of yours. I agree that the Barb of Time
>>>gave valuable insights into the form of Cantos. Apparently, there are
>>>differing and equally illuminating ideas about this -- including Pound's
>>>contradictory statements.
>>>                                        Jacob Korg
>>>
>>Dan Pearlman                    Office: Department of English
>>102 Blackstone Blvd. #5                 University of Rhode Island
>>Providence, RI 02906                    Kingston, RI 02881
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>>
>>
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Dan Pearlman                    Office: Department of English
102 Blackstone Blvd. #5                 University of Rhode Island
Providence, RI 02906                    Kingston, RI 02881
Tel.: 401 453-3027                      Tel.: 401 874-4659
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