Comments on: An essay on Fiona Apple http://cogscanthink.blogsome.com/2006/06/23/an-essay-on-fion-apple/ I'm a mere, tiny, insignificant cog in a whole clockwork of stupidity. I'm the tiny cog that wants to break free. Seriously. Mon, 09 Nov 2009 13:15:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.1-alpha by: anon http://cogscanthink.blogsome.com/2006/06/23/an-essay-on-fion-apple/#comment-3514 Sat, 04 Apr 2009 01:55:00 +0100 http://cogscanthink.blogsome.com/2006/06/23/an-essay-on-fion-apple/#comment-3514 the document is no longer up, which makes sense given that it's been two years. however, this was the first google result for the words "fiona apple essay". for some reason, i just want to read something about her. i'm in a grrove the document is no longer up, which makes sense given that it’s been two years. however, this was the first google result for the words “fiona apple essay”. for some reason, i just want to read something about her. i’m in a grrove

]]> by: Administrator http://cogscanthink.blogsome.com/2006/06/23/an-essay-on-fion-apple/#comment-792 Fri, 23 Jun 2006 21:11:03 +0100 http://cogscanthink.blogsome.com/2006/06/23/an-essay-on-fion-apple/#comment-792 Hey, thanks for the compliments. I did get the highest grade for the course, so there's a reason I chose to publish this one online :). Hey, thanks for the compliments. I did get the highest grade for the course, so there’s a reason I chose to publish this one online :).

]]> by: anon http://cogscanthink.blogsome.com/2006/06/23/an-essay-on-fion-apple/#comment-790 Fri, 23 Jun 2006 19:49:29 +0100 http://cogscanthink.blogsome.com/2006/06/23/an-essay-on-fion-apple/#comment-790 Congratulations. Remarkable fluency and idiomatic writing for a second language. One would have to read very carefully to find any clues that this was not a native speaker. None of the usual clues are there; possibly one might be able to find some limitation of vocabulary if it were a longer passage - this is the usual higher level clue. Have you read Conrad? He did it, writing in a second language, at the highest level, where all you can really say is that it is a distinctive voice, perhaps a bit too distinctive to be really native. But it is hard to say what if anything makes Conrad more distinctive or less native than Hardy. Congratulations. Remarkable fluency and idiomatic writing for a second language. One would have to read very carefully to find any clues that this was not a native speaker. None of the usual clues are there; possibly one might be able to find some limitation of vocabulary if it were a longer passage - this is the usual higher level clue.

Have you read Conrad? He did it, writing in a second language, at the highest level, where all you can really say is that it is a distinctive voice, perhaps a bit too distinctive to be really native.

But it is hard to say what if anything makes Conrad more distinctive or less native than Hardy.

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