Re: In Appreciation of Matt

[barbara wolf <lupa@biddeford.com>]

At 07:44 PM 2/10/96 -1000, you, Layt Zimmer, wrote:

>
>Aunteek, at least, in Texas! The older your collateral,ascendants are, the
>moire likely, they are to be scared of bats and mice and things; so elderly
>furniture has to be strong enough for old Aunt Bessie Mae to jump up on and
>shriek "Eeek!" Hence, "aunt-eek!"
>
>Hope this helps you etiological research.

Oh dear me.  I knew if I kept on reading about how we should all appreciate
Matt that I would get into trouble.  And I have.  I didn't realize we were
getting into etiology.  I thought it would be entymology--something to do
with the sources of all those very strange words that Matt uses which
probably have their roots in Basque or Navajo or at the very least Finnish.
Now it turns out to be the CAUSES we are to look at.  What causes Matt's
obsession with antiques?  And how far are you likely to go in indulging this
obsession???

Barbara Wolf

        "But we've got to be careful not to reduce people by cramming
        them in the limits of our understanding, haven't we?"

                                                Reginald Hill