Tuesday
Mar132012
Dear Sir, I like words.
I like words.
I like fat buttery words, such as
ooze, turpitude, glutinous, toady.
I like solemn, angular, creaky words,
such as straitlaced, cantankerous,
pecunious, valedictory.
A letter from copywriter Robert Pirosh to potential employers in 1934. As proof of the power of a well-crafted letter, Pirosh went on to write for the Marx Brothers and earned an Academy Award for his script Battleground.
Read the full letter at Letters of Note, a site paying homage to correspondence. Shaun Usher is the editor, and he offers equally entertaining and enlightening companion sites: Lists of Note and Letterheady.
The Letters of Note book will be available in November 2012.
Tuesday, March 13, 2012 at 8:49AM
Reader Comments (5)
Great. Now, I might not get anything accomplished tonight.
I'm so glad you posted these links. Like Shawnte, I will probably be staying up way too late tonight, going down rabbit holes of lists, letters, and letterheads. Thank you!
Yes, I think this explains the decrease in my poem production. But a literary distraction is much better, than say, reading People magazine, right?
Mmm, buttery words. Delicious!
What a pleasure to find your site. And thank you for dropping by mine today.
I'll be back to read more, certainly.
Hannah,
How nice to see you here. Thanks for checking in.