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rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com, DJ-Anonyme@... wrote:
>
> Jim wrote:
>
> "Indeed, fascinated as he was with the literary
possibilities of
> American colloquial language, Chandler actually went
to the length of
> compiling his own dictionary of American slang just
to be sure he was
> using it accurately in his work."
>
> Sidestepping the overall debate (for once), just
wanted to point out
> that Chandler also seemed very proud that his term
for death, "the big
> sleep," was became a colloquialism used by
others.
Didn't he lift that metaphor from another writer? I have a
vague memory of a quote (from Blake?).
Best,
MrT
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