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   HenHanna to Stefan Ram   
   TO STACI, You have to live with me while   
   05 Sep 24 18:50:19   
   
   XPost: alt.usage.english, alt.fan.patricia-Conwell   
   From: HenHanna@devnull.tb   
      
   Le 04/09/2024 à 08:14, tonbei a écrit :   
    >   
    > I have a question about the following sentences from an author's   
    > acknowledgment in a novel.   
    >   
    > from "Acknowledgment"   
    >   
    > As always, I’m deeply indebted to Dr. Staci Gruber, director of the   
    > Cognitive and Clinical Neuroimaging Core, McLean Hospital, and assistant   
    > professor, Harvard Medical School, Department of Psychiatry.  (- omitted   
    > - )   
    >   
    > TO STACI   
    > You have to live with me while I live it   
    >   
    > ("Port Mortuary " by Patricia  Cornwell)   
    >   
    > question: about "while I live it"   
    > What do you think is indicated by "live it", specifically "it".   
    > Or, is it intentionally blurred?   
      
      
   On 9/4/2024 4:32 AM, Stefan Ram wrote:   
   > musatokyo@juno.ocn.ne.jp (tonbei) wrote or quoted:   
   >> What do you think is indicated by "live it", specifically "it".   
   >> Or, is it intentionally blurred?   
   >   
   >    The phrasing is hella sketch, which indeed might be by design. This   
   >    haziness leaves things wide open for different takes and keeps that   
   >    chill vibe flowing between the writer and the shoutout recipient.   
   >   
   >    Cornwell's possibly vibing on that intense, in-the-zone trip of   
   >    cranking out a novel. Scribes are always yapping about how they're   
   >    low-key possessed by their characters and plot lines when they're   
   >    deep in it.   
   >   
      
   that's  better  than what i thought,  whch was...   
      
      
              -- You have to live with me...  While  i have to be me.   
      
      
    > TO STACI   You have to live with me while I live it   
    >   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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