"Eye Openers" from Irresponsible Freaks, Highball Guzzlers & Unabashed Grafters, A Bob Edwards Chrestomathy, edited by James Martin and published by Brindle & Glass Publishing in 2004 appears in Geist 55. Robert Chambers Edwards (1860?1922) wrote and published the Calgary Eye Opener, Wetaskiwin Free Lance, the Channel and other broadsides. James Martin is the author of Calgary: The Unknown City published by Arsenal Pulp Press.
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ADVICE FOR THE LIT-LORN Why doesn’t anyone in North America say barmy for balmy? According to my research, Barmy came first and still enjoys a jolly life. But most North American dictionaries don’t even mention the earlier Scots barmy. —Simon McGavin, Cyberspace |