Dr. Metablog is the nom de blague of Vivian de St. Vrain, the pen name of a resident of the mountain west who writes about language, books, politics, or whatever else comes to mind. Under the name Otto Onions (Oh NIGH uns), Vivian de St. Vrain is the author of “The Big Book of False Etymologies” (Oxford, 1978) and, writing as Amber Feldhammer, is editor of the classic anthology of confessional poetry, “My Underwear” (Virago, 1997).
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In a previous post, I expressed fascination that writing could go in any possible direction. I began with Swift, who satirized both "women" and the English when he described the fanciful Lilliputian script: "their manner of Writing is very peculiar, being neither from the Left to the Right, like the Europeans; nor from the Right…
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