my bloggy friend, atalanta, is a wonderful, smart gal who experiences a small agonzing death every time a potential online suitor sends her a horrific missive. i love her for her sensitivity. (she's even written about it on her blog.) yeah, sure; it makes us lingua-snobs but that's why english majors exist.
though my dating luck seems to have cooled as we enter a hot hot hot july, i'm pleased to say that i have yet to date/have a drink with/sleep with/exchange emails with someone who does not have a fluid, correct and witty relationship with the english language. from S-, to S-, and including the current S- (and even the maligned B-), my boys have been bright. sure, some suffered from clinical depression and lacked a few social skills but, generally, they've been verbally acute.
counts for something...
Jaimie Esptein - On Language - Dating - New York Times
4 comments:
Verbal acuity is usually a marker of smarts--which is of course often means funny, and by extension, sexy. Being quick, witty, appreciating a good bad pun, and making with the double entendre makes for good flirting. And there's nothing better than a lover with an eye for details.
says the woman married to a member of the most verbally acute folks on the planet - the brits.
(wink)
but you're so right. smarts and flirtage go hand in hand.
Thanks Ding - she certainly was singing my life with her song - and explaining a good bit about why this is my Summer of None.
I agree with Liza, and this may be the reason only one of my partners was American born. *shrugs*
I just gave up on an online suitor due to his lack of e-chatter ability. I cannot fall in lust with anyone who doesn't like reading or who can't string together a sentence let alone a clever turn of phrase.
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