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j0n4th4n Member
since 2003-03-11
Posts 94 |
why does he write his name without capital letters? is that legal? i mean, if he had to write his name on an official document would he write it like that? |
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Chanson Senior Member
since 2000-08-19
Posts 1559Up Creek w/Out Paddle |
I don't see why he couldn't sign with no caps. A signature is just that, a signature, or more to the point, it's our personalized mark (have you ever heard the saying, "Leave your mark (on this document)"?) which tells others 'this is me leaving my mark'. As a Notary Public I have been witness to signatures that were illegible, single straight lines, and sloppy curlycues. It doesn't matter as long as those are their marks. |
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wandering glider Senior Member
since 2001-04-04
Posts 501aloft |
the question more properly is "why did he write it that way" he's been dead for some time in any case, j0n4th4n, read his poetry i think you'll get it (on the other hand, maybe it was tongue-in-cheek for the abbreviation, "e.e.", as in "errors expected".) w.g. |
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j0n4th4n Member
since 2003-03-11
Posts 94 |
oh, i didnt realise he was dead. what i meant was not a signature but say, having to print your name on some document (like when joining a library for instance) my question though, was more like this: was that really his name? was it registered like that? |
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bsquirrel
since 2000-01-03
Posts 7855 |
His name was Edward Estlin Cummings. He was quite taken by jazz, and so tried to show the rhythm and spirit of it on the page. One of the great modernist poets, for showing us that style and content can be one in the same, in the right hands. Stella was a diver and she was always down. |
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Red Member
since 2000-01-01
Posts 143Ca |
"read his poetry i think you'll get it" *chuckling* |
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Local Parasite
since 2001-11-05
Posts 2527Transylconia, Winnipeg |
'cause that wouldn't be fair to the other letters... good ol edward estlin, nice guy he is! |
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