“One of the things the Empire taught: that apart from citizenship, the synonymous inheritance of the citizenship was the literature.” — Derek Walcott
(Our very first Derek Walcott quotation, since I’ve been posting these spoilers. Ironically, the esteemed gentleman passed away only about three months ago. It looks like he lived a very full and rewarding life though. Good for him. I drew a blank on his first name. I wrote out all the unused consonants, and considered a few losing combinations, before my V-8 moment! My son’s name is Derek. Mama said there’d be days like this. Be well and do well, friends.) — YUR
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Ha! I got the quote deciphered too, but was stumped on Derek as well, even though I have his poems in my collection.
V-8 moment indeed!
LOL! I love it! — YUR
Funny thing, I got Derek right away. The quote itself is what doesn’t make a lot of sense to me and I kept thinking surely a word or two had been left out.
I agree, Susan. I get it, but it definitely did not roll of the tongue easily. I thought he was just referring to how proud the Brits are of their great writers. The Chaucers, Blakes, Dickens, Austens, Miltons, Shakespeares, etc., etc. I just wrote it off as the stylings of a poet.
— YUR
I guessed Jered, which is a legit name. I also thought the quote was near gibberish.
. . . but, another one for the Anti side. I’ve found that it doesn’t really pay to argue Poetics . . . or Ebonics. Just practice English the best way you know how! — YUR