Re: It is not just Physics that Should be Hard in Hard SF

On 10/20/24 17:43, Don wrote:

Bobbie Sellers wrote:

  Don wrote:

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Bobby Sellers, how do you imagine Poirot's being Belgian precludes his
(and Christie's own) Francophilia? Or perhaps, as you see it, their
Francophilia is also imaginary? (In the latter case we'll agree to
disagree.)
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        Since you cannot spell my name correctly I will agree to disagree with
your opinion on Poirot, Don. It is obvious to me
that you are suffering from a visual handicap so I will not
say that you imagine Francophilia where none exists. I will
further not accuse you of Francophobis

 A thousand pardons Bobbie. Something unrelated only now occurs, although
it's been there all along. How impolitic of me!
 Allow me to atone. Replace "Francophilia" with "Frenchness." As in
Poirot's clear and logical mind demonstrates his Frenchness. Regard
Poirot's Francophilia a regretable mistake made in haste to appease
the almighty alliteration.
     At the time my little grey cells told me it was wrong. But synonym
fossick fatigue forced me to post it as is.
 Danke,
 

Have you considered the possibility that you are discounting Belgian culture of the presumed time? Do you remember that he was up
and coming in the Belgian Police when he encountered a case that it
was un-politic to solve? Now you might make the argument that many
European States and even in the Americas, France was the nation to
look to for fashion and style. But that is not Franco-philia but
the desire for style and to be thought to be fashionably attired
and hair styled in the the latest mode.
bliss
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