*(Whilst composing this electronic entry, both the author's name and the "un-" word appear with the dreaded red line underneath. Shall we be so impudent as to brand them misspellings?)
Ut scribantur sermones mei (Job 19:23). Contents reflect my opinion, although Church teaching happens to be my opinion as well. Wherever there appears to be conflict, defer to the Church.
16 June 2012
It's Wordcraft, Wicked Wordcraft
Lovers of the poetry of Gerard Manley Hopkins appreciate his facility with the English language. At first I considered him a verbal scofflaw. To my knowledge, there is no law against coining words or using them outside of the denotative box; so have at it--as long as meaning is detectable without excessive straining. Erin McKean has this to say about the use of "undictionaried words."*
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