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Wednesday, April 2nd, 2003
Howard Junker, editor of Zyzzyva, once seriously annoyed me by making fun of my accent. This is, in my opinion, an irregular verb: I speak with graceful fluency; you have a not unpleasant drawl; he or she butchers the language.
That said, the man knows how to beg. Seeking contributions, he writes:
“We don’t want you to vanish into the abyss.”
I scribble my check in hasty dread. Beyond me, oblivion yawns.
