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To: Charles Henrickson; PJ-Comix; franksolich
For all the poking fun I've done with Pitt over the months, I do recognize that he can think and he can analyze and he can write, in a fashion

In a fashion of a 9ht grader in his/her first creative writing class. Pitt writes purple prose. He uses short sentences. For emphasis. Because it gets attention. And seems intellectual. And he uses big words. Because they too look "smart." Because no one else owns a thesaurus.

Even his self-inflated name "William Rivers Pitt" suggests an inferiority complex. I mean that is quite a handle for a substitute high school teacher.

I suggest that Will Pitt ALWAYS be referred to as Pied Piper Purple Prose Pitt.

162 posted on 07/11/2005 7:18:04 PM PDT by freedumb2003 (Durka Durka Durka. Muhammed Jihad Durka.)
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To: freedumb2003
I suggest that Will Pitt ALWAYS be referred to as Pied Piper Purple Prose Pitt.
 
I dunno, I kinda like PunIdiot Pitt........LOL It suits his writing style, which is in a word tedious!

173 posted on 07/11/2005 8:02:46 PM PDT by Allosaurs_r_us (Ever notice all liberals look like an Alan Colmes relative........)
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To: freedumb2003
You know, I think Wee Willy Pitt could be a decent writer, but he gets hung up on using way too many convenient little rhetorical devices. The use of short sentences for emphasis that you mentioned is one of them. Anaphora, I believe it's called. He really needs to stop that: it's exasperating.
307 posted on 07/12/2005 12:48:19 PM PDT by Chappaquiddick Crawdad ("E unum pluribus"? Perhaps you meant "ex uno plures", or is that "stultus sum"? hmmm...)
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