{as before, there's at least a fifty-fifty chance these are principally the fault of mechanical proofreading systems}
We need First Nations to have reified present-day native-led nations in the real geography of the land.
---Robert Priest, Now, June 28-July 4, '07
Surely it's the reification, or something like it, of the nations and their land claims that native groups chiefly complain of? Only by actually writing this sentence could you remove all of its muddle, but 'ratify' instead of 'reify' would at least give it the dignity of a conventional lamely-worded platitude. (I recommend checking out Drew Hayden Taylor's piece in the same issue.)
"What is the Captain's name of the boat in the musical Showboat?"
--Trivial Pursuit Question, Timothy's Chalkboard, June 29 '07
I'm not even sure what the question is: what is the Captain's name? What is the name of the boat? Or does the Captain have a name of his own for the boat, different from the one she's commonly known by? "Her name was McGill/And she called herself Lil/But everyone knew her as Nancy."
C 2007 Martin Heavisides
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- Plays EMPTY BOWL, FIREWATCHER'S WAGES, I FORESEE TROUBLE (2008) WITH A BULLET (screenplay) 2008 CLOSED SYSTEM, BEGGAR'S BANQUET(2007) "A Really Big Shoe", "Cigarette Break", "A Slippery Customer" (ten minute plays, 2007) FATHER'S DAY (2005) DREAM DREAM DREAM (2005) LIVE, FROM ATHENS (2004) "Last Request/One More Time!"(10 minute play, 2004) inch foot time gem (one act play, 2003) Novel:UNDERMIND, published by Crossing Chaos Enigmatic Ink Press In progress: LIVE PERFORMANCE/(200?) In Progress: SCHEMES FOR THE RENOVATION OF HELL, short story/flash fiction collection being winnowed from 200 some odd stories (Babel, Who Was That?, Watch This Space etc) and Flash Fiction pieces (Pacific, What Would You Like?, Aftershock etc.) Novels in progress: A MOVING BIT OF SAUSAGE/ PUBLIC AND SECRET PARTS Poetry collections: moments of truth and other conventions (2007) In Progress: Ballads and Interpositions/ Hungry Ghosts Non Fiction 37 VIEWS (2007) In Progress HOW I FOUND EUROPE
2 comments:
Hey Martin --- Does reify [sic] (should be reiffy or re-iffy when hyphens were popular) mean "to reconsider the hypothesis of existence," par example: "A committed atheist since adolescence, Clora reeffied the possibility of a sentient Force superior to anyone she knew, particularly her husband Morris." ? (Oh shit, where should I put the question mark?)
Elucidate, svp!
I'm having trouble finding it in any of my dictionaries, so I can't double-check, but my understanding is that to reify is to render a living thing into an object or machine. Marx spoke of the reification of the proletariat in Capitalism. I will double check when I'm able, with a better dictionary.
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