tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6740358940867847508.post4549789301183378280..comments2023-10-28T02:56:49.710-07:00Comments on Alfred Corn's weblog: One-Sided RepresentationAlfred Cornhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08120701708290725662noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6740358940867847508.post-81670724296281504992008-10-02T04:48:00.000-07:002008-10-02T04:48:00.000-07:00Ray: Now that Janet has written to me about you, I...Ray: Now that Janet has written to me about you, I know who you are, and welcome. To go back to your earlier post about accents, of course I think they are a fascinating linguistic study. But it seems a mistake to give an individual a low rating just on the basis of vowel and consonant production. That's all I meant. And I certainly yield to your superior knowledge of speech patterns in these Isles. A question for linguists: Why does English have so many variants, and wide variants at that? Even leaving aside former colonies. I don't believe there are so many different Spanish accents or French or German. Although it's true that no two persons speak with exactly the same accent. Skilled linguists even so claim to be able not only to name the city but also the street where a particular accent originates. I'm only an amateur and not that far long but enjoy knowing what I do.Alfred Cornhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08120701708290725662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6740358940867847508.post-24283842626479568712008-09-29T04:00:00.000-07:002008-09-29T04:00:00.000-07:00I'm not sure who I'm answering, Ray, but, yes, I l...I'm not sure who I'm answering, Ray, but, yes, I like that film, too. The question that keeps coming to mind is this: Why is it that so many films and plays about gay experience feature cross-dressers? Though I've liked drag performers I've seen, I don't have any cross-dresser friends, in fact, have only twice in my lifetime met any face to face. Like most minority groups, they tend to keep unto themselves. And checking with other gay friends, I find the same thing. Most of us do not know cross-dressers or know them only slightly. Given this fact, why are they so prominent in works about gay experience? Of course cross-dressers are perfectly within their rights to dress as they please. But I haven't been fascinated enough by the phenomenon to go to great lengths to seek them out as friends, nor is there any interest on their part in me. And the fictional/film exploration of the phenomenon seems, so far, not especially in-depth.Alfred Cornhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08120701708290725662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6740358940867847508.post-78729082184780156202008-09-28T08:31:00.000-07:002008-09-28T08:31:00.000-07:00Hi,Would be great to catch up, sorry about the old...Hi,<BR/><BR/>Would be great to catch up, sorry about the old email, I can seem to shake it.<BR/><BR/>Better is johnemilvincent@gmail.com<BR/><BR/>xoxo<BR/>johnAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13600646492096123030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6740358940867847508.post-19782727287833044112008-09-27T10:33:00.000-07:002008-09-27T10:33:00.000-07:00Where’s the gay “Much Ado” ...? you ask. I’m not s...Where’s the gay “Much Ado” ...? you ask.<BR/> <BR/>I’m not sure where it fits in your list – probably nowhere – but the 1985 British film “My Beautiful Laundrette” (sic) might be one answer, albeit a quirky one.Rayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05842719891842048263noreply@blogger.com