Hi Jim,
As I posted
earlier: That's why I said if. I was constraining my counter
argument to the discussion of the language element. I'm sorry
if I was unclear.
> Best Regards, Erick
>
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Jim wrote:
> Erick, > > Re your comment below: > > > I completely agree with Mark. If language is the > > sole criteria, then Eliza > > Doolittle is more hard boiled than half of our top > > 100. > > First, as I've already told Mark, I never said > language was the SOLE criteria. I said it was an > essential criteria. > > Second, the list wasn't of the best hard-boiled > characters, but of the best characters from > hard-boiled crime fiction. > > Third, if Eliza Doolittle was a cop, a crook, a spy, > or a PI, then she might (pre-Higgins treatment) very > well qualify. > > JIM DOHERTY > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Games - play chess, backgammon, pool and more > http://games.yahoo.com/ > -- > # To unsubscribe from the regular list, say "unsubscribe rara-avis" to > # majordomo@icomm.ca. This will not work for the digest version. > # The web pages for the list are at http://www.miskatonic.org/rara-avis/ . > >
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