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Saturday, 18 September 2004

Amrita on 'Blog'

Posted on 22:52 by Unknown
Anguished response from Amrita Mishra, very cerebral friend, when I messaged her to say I’d started a Blog:



“Such an ugly-sounding word, BLOG, like the name of a warty alien in Star Trek, or stuff in a loo, or a retching noise. Why not call it something else?”



Anyone??

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