(I wrote the first version before finding out that the NYT has a 150 word limit on letters to the editor.\u00a0 Here’s the edited version, less than half the length than the first.)<\/p>\n
NYT Robert Burns Editorial<\/a><\/p>\n To the Editor:<\/p>\n I will agree it’s fun to give haggis a kick in the hurdies* from time to time.\u00a0 It\u2019s definitely an acquired taste.\u00a0 I wish the editorial, A Night of Food and Song<\/em>, had not grouped Burns’ poems in the same category.<\/p>\n I’m a college-educated speaker of American English who reads and memorizes Burns poems and songs. Yes, they use some unfamiliar words but with a glossary at hand, it doesn\u2019t take long to read and enjoy his work with relative ease.<\/p>\n Use the anniversary of Burns’ birth to encourage people to sample his works instead of writing them off as too difficult.\u00a0 He had a keen eye for the human condition and a lively sense of humor.\u00a0 What he wrote rings true. It\u2019s also fun to read.<\/p>\n Go read some Burns.\u00a0 You’ll be surprised how few “thorns and brambles” there actually are.<\/p>\n *buttocks<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" (I wrote the first version before finding out that the NYT has a 150 word limit on letters to the editor.\u00a0 Here’s the edited version, less than half the length than the first.) NYT Robert Burns Editorial To the Editor: … Continue reading