 kenstipe says: Guess who? How interesting. I'm always interested in 'tortured' souls. Have you encountered the following man. This book makes for fascinating reading: "The Surgeon of Crowthorne: A Tale of Murder, Madness and the Love of Words is a book by Simon Winchester first published in 1998. The American edition is called The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity, and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary, and was published the same year. It tells the story of the making of the Oxford English Dictionary and one of its most useful early contributors, Dr. W.C. Minor, a retired United States Army surgeon. Minor was, at the time, imprisoned in the Broadmoor Criminal Lunatic Asylum, near the... Kendall said, "The lists gave him an alternative world to which to repair." Many writers have declared their debt to Roget, including Peter Pan's creator, J.M. Barrie. In homage, he put a copy of the Thesaurus in Captain Hook's cabin so he could declare: "The man is not wholly evil -- he has a Thesaurus in his cabin. The 20th century poet Sylvia Plath called herself "Roget's Strumpet" to pay respects for all the word choices he gave her.Very interesting article, kenstipe. When I feel sad I make lists too. Making lists is a comfort sometimes. Isn't it strange I stumble across a kindred spirit here? I've always thought I was odd.   Where do you folks get the cute emoticons? Is it tricky to paste them in to a comment here? Charlie, follow this link. Then click on: See a list of supported smileys. It opens a pop up to show you how to make the emoticons. When I feel sad I make lists too. Making lists is a comfort sometimes.Yer so cute Miss BigNoseMousie Oh, thanks Antara. Such an old clip... |
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