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on Noise, Interference, and Handwriting (Marjorie Perloff)

“…noise is not only incidental, but essential to communication. … If, for example, a letter is written in careless or illegible script, there is interference in the reading process, which is to say that noise slows down communication.” –Marjorie Perloff … Continue reading

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Marvelous Criticism II

From a mailing list I belong to: “Marjorie Perloff thinks that so much depends upon the red wheelbarrow because agriculture is important.”

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