On Tuesday, July 25, 2006 at 8:49,
Chuck Norcutt <olympus@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> "despond" is a verb so the word here should be "despondency".
> Colloquially, it might not work with a lot of Americans. Except
> those from the south (like Walt) where slough/slew/slue is a fairly
> common word, probably half wouldn't know the meaning of "slough" and
> a quarter probably wouldn't know the meaning of "despondency".
>
> "In the swamp/dregs/gutter of depression" might be understood by 80
> or 90 percent. Of course, OM'ers, being generally smarter and more
> literate, would have no problem with any rendition. :-)
I only have problems with extraordinary rendditions...
tOM
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