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From: Jamie.Zawinski@CMU-CS-SPICE.ARPA
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Subject: Donaldson's Excessively Distended Verbosity
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Date: Thu, 27-Jun-85 16:58:56 EDT
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From: Jamie.Zawinski@CMU-CS-SPICE



I think that this quote of a quote from Chalker's VENGANCE OF THE DANCING
GODS says it all:

    "When chronicling great adventures, the chronicler should take pains 
     to use words that even the most educated of readers must look up. 
     this may make your chronicle very slow, if not impossible to read, 
     but it will be critically acclaimed throughout the land, for none 
     will wish to admit that they didn't understand and relish every 
     word.  Instead, they will use the comfort with such phraseology as
     a limitus test for intelectual equality.  No one may ever really read 
     you, but all will be forced to purchase a copy of the chronicle to 
     convince others that they did, and your brilliance and intellect 
     will be permanently unquestioned."

		--The Romantic Saga Writer's Manual of Style, Marahbar


						--Jamie
						jwz@cmu-cs-spice