DCML digest, Vol 1 #80 - 19 msgs

bhc@primenet.com bhc at primenet.com
Tue Feb 15 20:00:29 CET 2000


Mattias:

>At 15.27 2000-02-11, bhc at primenet.com wrote:
>
>>Rene Magritte, the great French surrealist
>
>Belgian surrealist, not French!

My error, indeed. The distinction is important, as the famous fictional
Belgian detective Hercule Poirot, created by English mystery writer Agatha
Christie, is at constant narrative pains to point out. I was focusing so
much on language I slipped up on heritage.

Gary

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