Sinister: La,la,la,la, la...

[Adam Chapman]

Dear all,

   Somebody in the very recent past asked the interesting and in a B+S 
context, mildly subversive question, to whit; What is "twee"?
i shall attempt to offer an answer, though i don't think of myself as a good 
person to ask, i'm far too argumentative u see...

   "Twee" i suppose implies wilful shyness and childlike behavior, though a 
lisp [affected or otherwise], is optional. Childlike simplicity i guess is 
as close to a dictionary definition as i'm likely to get
, but this in itself is a little simplistic as it can be so much more. A few 
possible examples; an adult with a fluffy teddy bear, those funny cuddly 
backpacks, so beloved of adolesent girls, the wilful ignorance of capital 
letters [this has been disscussed to death in these parts, and can be also 
attributed to laziness. That shift key is a long way off...].

   However, i think that *tweeness* is something of a reaction to the 
percieved threats and dangersof the outside world, a kind of protective 
blanket against the day to day troubles in its purest form. It is all to 
easily corrupted and abused by the cynical to their gain, tweeness is nice 
and tweeness is fluffy, but it can also be all toeasily abused, so go 
careful with it....

   Oh, and hello to all intended picnicers, with any luck i should make it 
[Saturday 3rd July o.k.?]

   Sooooooo Looooooonnnnnnggg,

*the Adam*



"Because I know that you know, that we know they don't know whats been going 
on.... "

Gruff Rhys, SFA, 'Demons'





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