On 24 January 2012 13:23, David Gerard dgerard@gmail.com wrote:
From the response, it's evidently my fault entirely. You have my sincere apologies.
Nay, the fault lies with me. I should have familiarized myself with culture. :-)
By the way, is the Swift's work any good?
His writing style is 300 years old, and I don't know how readable it will be to a non-native speaker, but he remains a highly-renowned writer in English for good reason. His other most notable work was "Gulliver's Travels".
I have read Gulliver's Travels, that is why I was asking.