A million bucks to anyone who can make sense of this and the 27 more pages just like I need to translate for an essay on relative morality. All interpretations welcome. It may as well be Japanese to me after 10 straight hours of writing on this stuff today!
'The main appeal now of Ford's tragedy is, surely, the axiological system it encodes, an aspect of the text's ideology which may be investigated through its use of modality, apt to reveal the special relationship of the speaking subject with the object of utterance. A spectator or a reader can pass judgements on this special relationship on the grounds of modal competence, a complex parameter resulting partly from actual and partly from literary experience... and so on...and so forth...and hencewith...and the like...etcetera...amen'
Although great wisdom was gleaned from the "minor" I completed in the English department at UWA...it did not equip me to read such a sentence as this, and so I hence...to the t.v. :)
Posted by: Ness | June 04, 2009 at 03:21 AM
Who was the oxygen thief that wrote that dribble. I'm with you Ness - I'm going to watch the telly - probably "The Chasers"!!
Posted by: York G'ma | June 04, 2009 at 04:46 AM
I cannot believe Mumma Moore watches the chasers!! She is so hip!! Ali x PS no clue on that sentence at all!! I do however know Goldilocks off by heart!
Posted by: Alison Diamond | June 04, 2009 at 05:48 AM
oxygen thief!!! hahahaha. Mum you crack me up. I can see where the 'words' in our family came from. or is G'ma the Matriach of Words in our clan - remember the 'G'ma and Grandad are going on holidays' & 'Patsy the spoon' illustrated story books she used to do for us?
Posted by: katie | June 04, 2009 at 07:26 PM
I also remember a "Thomas the Tank Engine" rendition that went down quite well with Gav :)
Posted by: Ness | June 04, 2009 at 09:52 PM
What happened to Goldilocks and the three bears? Or is that just my generation. At least it was a lot easier to understand even if I did have to do Leaving English 5 times! (I think it was required reading for the Leaving in 1964 to 1969!)
And about the grave for the dog. You could bury him down near the road and just pay homage as you passed to se your Mum!
Cheers,
John
Posted by: John'n'Rose | June 06, 2009 at 06:15 AM
Wow! Country hospitality sure has changed. Not even a cup of tea on offer from the gentlemen York landowners these days. I guess will have to add another little death of manners to the GFC and rising cost of tea bags. I can only wonder what sort of world are we bringing our children into...
Posted by: katie | June 06, 2009 at 07:04 PM
PS 5 times??? and they let you preach?! hahaha!
Posted by: katie | June 06, 2009 at 07:05 PM
crikey.. no wonder i never did any formal english courses. i don't need to understand this crap to know if i enjoy a book or not
Posted by: reg | June 11, 2009 at 03:45 AM
i'm sticking to my fashion blogs...;)
Posted by: Sharon | June 17, 2009 at 07:37 AM
Sharon - after reading your list of purchases for Ness to buy while she is in New York "'cos it is over 12 months since I was there and I'm desperate'" I think you are probably at "pictures only" blogs now. So much for a couple of degrees and a significant HECS debt! What have I done wrong!!
Posted by: York G'ma | June 19, 2009 at 06:18 PM
Shaz I reckon Mum will retract those words when you are raking in the bucks with the new bizz combining your finely honed net raking skills with those 2 degrees and we'll all be hassling you for a weekend turn at the Frannos 'York Mansions' luxury retreat. Meanwhile I think I can concede that I would be even more poorly turned out if not for your gentle reminders that 'cargos are not smart casual Katie' and shopping trips for red lippy!! Every family needs a fashionista I reckon. I'd be lost without my sisters =]
Posted by: katie | June 21, 2009 at 07:50 PM
Katie,
I accept your offer of $1m to interpret that paragraph and the other 27 pages. Please post the rest or send them through on email. Cheers.
Posted by: Pyley | June 22, 2009 at 08:06 AM