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epitome of incomprehensibility
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Don't get me wrong, partially-uppercase world has its problems too. yOu have to press the shift key at the right time AND YOU CAN'T LEAVE THINGS ON CAPS LOCK. tHAT DOESN'T WORK, does it?
It hasn't been a blather problem for me yet; e.g. I discerned that ice cube was Ice Cube from the lack of a preceding article, but what's if one of you ask me if I like the colour purple?
I like the colour, but I haven't read the book. I picked it up once; diary-style isn't my favourite narration form, but I should've given it a chance. The same author's Meridian was pretty damn good, if I recall.
It's just that if someone asks me, all lowercase, "do you like the colour purple?" and I answer, "I dunno, I haven't read it," I might sound very strange.
Yes, I might sound very strange. And Infinity forbid that should happen. (As for my lack of words lately: I had to work late at work and both my ears were blocked, which made me somewhat unhappy.) On the bus I've been reading Flaubert's Parrot, letting Julian Barnes put words into my eyes. The chapter "Emma Bovary's Eyes" is especially good, I think.
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