Re: RARA-AVIS: Chandler's "Noir Feel" for LA (was Denise Hamilton)

From: JIM DOHERTY ( jimdohertyjr@yahoo.com)
Date: 14 May 2004

Kerry,

Re your comments below:

> Yeah, I get that, but look up "dark" in the
> dictionary. Among the
> definitions that relate to colour and the relative
> absence of light, you
> will find "evil" and "sinister" as synonyms. The
> words "dark" and
> "sinister" are themselves moral valuations. In the
> Canadian Oxford, at
> least, but I doubt exclusively.

I know, but I wanted to make clear that I'm not using them in that sense, or at least not EXCLUSIVELY in that sense.

JIM DOHERTY

        
                
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