On Sep 23, 1:13 am, "X. Rayburn" <n...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> This came to pass in a time when the web had not been born and groups
> like this were quite new. In the hot time of year I walked through a
> school in which I once had been one of those who learns. Tacked to the
> walls and doors were signs and notes and tales. I saw a tale of a club
> for folks who like to chat with words that are just one pulse long.
> They liked to see how much they could say with short words, and it
> turns out they could say quite a lot for our tongue is blessed with
> lots of words that are just one pulse long. I would like to know if
> that club has gone the way of all flesh or is still in the realm of
> life. If you know, please tell.
I think the club is still with us. When I was a child I would at times
speak that way just for the fun of it. Liz, a girl with the same last
name as me was who was 6 when I was 8, would join in too. At times we
would have to think long and hard on how to say all that stuff with
just words that had just one beat to them. But yet, in this way or in
that way, our speech did not seem real.
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