Susan D
I've known a few Irenes and the only way I've heard it pronounced is
without the e at the end. Perhaps it's another difference in countries
such as Cheryl being pronounced as Sh here, at least as far as I've ever
heard.
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Thank you SO much.
Who are the stupid ones now? At least I check where my responses are going to.
I don't show two different faces, one in private and one in public.
Your rudeness reflects on you, not on me. Have a nice day.
At 07:50 PM 11/14/2004, claire wrote:
Hi Allison
May I be catty for a
I finally received my Beany Malone books late last week (and yep, I spent the
weekend reading 13 and a half of the 14 books). Having been reading the WSVS
papers with great interest and enjoyment (congratulations everyone on your hard
work BTW), I noticed that there are a number of unwell chara
Hi Allison
May I be catty for a moment? Not about you, natch.
Laffing - you certainly wouldn't be the first
I was one of those who e-mailed Eleanor offlist,
But are you gonna stand up in prayers & say so? Wimp! (s'ok - it's not
worth it - this time)
but it *wasn't* a very positive e-m
On 15/11/04 11:18 AM, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
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> SEVEN LITTLE AUSTRALIANS
> DVD set Review
> 10-episode miniseries first shown on ABC TV in 1973
> Available from ABC shops now or online.
Thanks so much for posting this information. I am sure I would have heard
about it soone
On 14/11/04 2:32 AM, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
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>> Is this the same Jonathan who's part of the three villains later?
>
> He's in a lot of episodes. A few examples: In Inca Mummy Girl the Inca
> Princess tries to drain him; there's an episode where he decides to gun
> down eve
>
> I never see any titles of the Buffy episodes, so I never know where I am when
> titles are mentioned.
>
Sorry if anyone has replied to this; I get digests at work and as it's
Monday morning I have about 10 still unread that came in over the weekend!
Anyway, the episode names don't actually
SEVEN LITTLE AUSTRALIANS
DVD set Review
10-episode miniseries first shown on ABC TV in 1973
Available from ABC shops now or online.
BACKGROUND
Ethel Turner's best selling novel, 'Seven Little Australians', continuously
in print for more than 105 years, was the subject of an ambitious made for TV
Sera,
To my shame, whenever I've seen your name on GO posts, I have 'slurred' over
its pronunciation - i.e. not really read it, but assumed it was something
exotic and foreign and therefore unpronounceable. I really had no idea
it was the same as Sarah - and yet, it's so obvious, now you've pointe
The current BD subject is especially poignant for me as I have a good
book-friend currently receiving hospice care. I know that many Girlsowners
have had periods of illness, and I would welcome any suggestions you might
have on how to relieve the tedium of being confined to bed with a body that
Oh - I am delighted.
Nicky Smith replied by return, giving me
details of the "The Talking Book Shop" site.
Many thanks to Nicky
Barbara
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Sent: Sunday, November 14, 2004 9:14 PM
Subject:
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From: "Barbara Ann BROWN" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Sent: Sunday, November 14, 2004 9:14 PM
Subject: [GO] PLEA FOR EB BOOKS ON TAPE
> Does anybody know if EB's
> St Clare's or Malory Towers are available
> on tape? I know of a girl w
Does anybody know if EB's
St Clare's or Malory Towers are available
on tape? I know of a girl whose condition
means that she can't read for long, but can
listen. She has "read" the Famous Fives.
I'd love to find her something .
Barbara
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Just got back from a really great long weekend in Suffolk, and wanted to say
thanks to those GOers who gave me good advice and directions for where to
find bookshops, etc! We did loads of walking and driving about, it was cold
but lovely and sunny and autumnal, and some of the places we went to we
Sorry, hit "Reply" rather than "Reply All"
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Date: Sun, 14 Nov 2004 20:44:08 +
Subject: Re: [GO] Dr Jack and Drink Spiking?
To: "nicky.j.wade" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Ah! Of course! Only one step down from God : Witho
The year that I worked in a Special School in London, we did a "Rock &
Roll" Christmas - I can't quite remember it all, but the the kings
came on Motor bikes (well, electric wheelchairs to be strictly
accurate)
Then, in PNG we had to have Jospeh on the Donkey & Mary dragging it
(the donkey had whe
Lorna at Wynyard's dad is ill and then dies. From my
reading of this, he has been ill a while.
--- Tom & Tash <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> As soon as I posted, I thought of Dr Carr - was he
> sick or just old? - and
> Emily of New Moon's father has consumption before
> shuffling off.
>
> Na
Thanks for the comments, Janice. I agree that the rickyard/expulsion
incident is distressing even to an adult - it is interesting to hear the
perspective from someone who read the book as a child. What I find
interesting reading it now is how cleverly AF makes clear who the real
"winners" and :"lo
Mm, just read some interesting emails. The type that have me shouting & waving 'over here mates'. And the type that I have to comment on, you have left me know choice I'm afraid.
Isn't 'S-air-ra' the same as Sera ??
If it isn't, then what is it?
Calm down now girl, and get to the point. I ha
I had the same reaction to you in expecting the plot to go in that
direction. I thoiught it was a very entertaining book, if not the most
plausible of plots (g).
Lisa S
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Sent: Saturday, Nove
I dislike stories where exceptional talent suddenly
breaks out (like Joey Bettany. Writing is very much a
sideline, to be done occasionally, until she leaves
school. Certainly not "the breath of life" to her!).
But Rachel *doesn't* suddenly develop acting talent.
Remember in the play (Wind i
I think perhaps sick fathers may be different in that in many GO familiies a
sick father may mean loss of a breadwinner. That obviously leads to another
possible plot opening, with the family coping with a channge in economic
cicumstances.
One sick father is Mr Atherton in A Headgirl's Difficulti
Belinda wrote:
There is another series called the Sleepover Club - can't now recall
name of
author (definitely having a senior moment!) but I've sometimes wondered
if
they too are syndicated - they're tremendously formulaic.
I found one of those in a charity shop some time ago - very odd English
Mr. Underwood in Charlotte Yonge's "The Pillars of the House" has
consumption, and dies a pious death early in the book, but not
before giving his wife 13 children in 16 years, which evidently
doesn't do very much for *her* physical or mental health.
The father in Mary Mapes Dodge's "Hans Brinke
I was always fond of When a siren wails as in the year before last of
primary school, we learnt the second world war with a fabulous history
teacher who also ran the book club.
On the other hand, although saw the TV series I cant stand the book called
Carrie's war.
However for some strange reason
I cried in all the books you have mentioned but also in the Blyton books
such as those dreadful children where the mother is ill and the children at
red roofs.
I seem to cry more as I grow older, is it because you feel more affected by
all the tragic things?
Caroline Tabach
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From: "Stephen Copson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Sunday, November 14, 2004 5:34 PM
Subject: [GO] early series/Sandford & Merton etc
> As luck would have it, I actually have a first ed 1789 copy of Vol 3
of
> Sandford & Merton (though sadly not
>>I wonder why sick mother's are more appealing than sick fathers? Fathers
tend to me abroad working or something, rather than ill. I can think of
Gwen's father in Mallory Towers but not any others - there must be SOME,
surely?
Natasha<<
Noel Streatfeild does sick/injured fathers, in fact several p
As luck would have it, I actually have a first ed 1789 copy of Vol 3 of
Sandford & Merton (though sadly not vols 1 & 2). It is quite definitely one
continuing novel in three volumes rather than three complete stories later
put together as one; Vol 3 starts out with reference to events in the
previ
As soon as I posted, I thought of Dr Carr - was he sick or just old? - and
Emily of New Moon's father has consumption before shuffling off.
Natasha
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Avital wrote:
I've just read my first Dorita Fairlie Bruce book, The Girls of St Bride's.
I loved the book, but think the girls sound pretty awful on the whole, only
liking people if they have done anything "for the school". And as for the
"sneaking", if the other girls' lives were at risk then Wi
Sally Dore wrote:
What strikes me reading Eva's notes on DFB, and contrasting
them with the other authors so far mentioned, Haverfield and LMM
particularly as well as some of the various American ones covered by
Christine, is that DFB uses illness in
many of the *plot-progressing* ways outline
[There are some spoilers for The Daisy Chain coming. If you haven't read it,
it is a top read so do try it!]
Thank you, Barbara and everyone who has written an article so far. I hope
the lack of criticism in the last few days isn't disappointing - I think it
is actually a compliment, as no one is d
What about the Animal Ark series? They are written by 'Lucy Daniels', who
doesn't exist - in fact, they're written by various authors in a very
uniform hack-work style. Even the name Daniels was a marketing tool; it was
chosen for library shelf proximity to another writer about animal stories,
name
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From: "Ellen Jordan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Sent: Sunday, November 14, 2004 10:21 AM
Subject: Re: [GO] sequels/series
> > I have just pulled from the shelf two tiny little books with
> marbled-paper covers that I'd almost for
If Pamela Gallen is around, would you email me off-list about a book
I bought from you? Thanks.
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I only have a 1995 paperback called
Dancing Shoes - assume that there is
not too much difference from the
original.
I think that the mis-understood
jealousy is a bit clumsy and
unnecessary (NS often seemed to
add these sub-plots).The very
unfairness of Mrs W is the sort of
thing that appeals
Me:
I found the unfairness of the court of honour distressing in Autumn Term. I
think it was one of the first books i'd read where things didn't come right
in the end. Mostly I still miss out on the whole rickyard/court of honour
when I reread.
Janice
Pat wrote:
> Hi Marcia & others, I wonder
Yes Nicky is right. If one broadens the category to children's books
more generally, one can find examples of series/sequels even back in the
1780/1810 period.
I have just pulled from the shelf two tiny little books with
marbled-paper covers that I'd almost forgotten I had. One is called
"Frank/I
In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, girlsown-
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>>NB: Sue, what is true tolerance as opposed to laxness? I mean, how can
>you tell? <
>
>Well, I suppose I'm not authorised to do so (Judge not...), but in principle
>I'd say that if it hurts, it's tolerance. The word is from '
Ellen said:
>Charlotte Yonge herself was a great one, if not exactly for series, at
>least for linked novels. The first in her group was Scenes and
>Characters published in 1847, but over the years she kept introducing
>characters from one book into another until by the time she wrote Modern
>Broo
would be glad of any contributions here for the second edition of The Book
(GGBP are planning a paperback edition).
Sue
I'm so pleased GGBP are planning a paperback edition. I'm looking forward to
finally having a copy after hearing so much about it.
Cheers
Beth from NZ
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I ought to qualified 'girls' school stories' by 'British and Commonwealth'
at some point - while the American girls' school story is very interesting (and,
given 'What Katy Did at School', very important for the development of the
British genre), the Book, and my knowledge, is mostly confined
In a message dated 14/11/2004 04:02:21 GMT Standard Time, Pam writes:
>I've just finished watching UK terrestrial TV's premiere of 'Bridget Jones'
Diary' and noted the links between it and 'Pride & Prejudice' (didn't spot
the plot links on my first viewing at the cinema - doh!!). Anyway, given
In a message dated 14/11/2004 04:02:21 GMT Standard Time,
Diane writes:
>NB: Sue, what is true tolerance as opposed to laxness? I mean, how can
you tell? <
Well, I suppose I'm not authorised to do so (Judge not...), but in principle
I'd say that if it hurts, it's tolerance. The word is fro
Sandra said:
I know I am going to
have enough trouble stopping people calling my Isabella "Izzy" (shudders).
I have a granddaughter called Isabelle who is always called Issy (pronounced
Izzy). When she was born I kept quiet like all grandmothers should but was
perturbed at the thought of Issy rat
Barbara's fascinating notes on mothers illustrated most of the uses of
illnesses in children's books that Dorian and the subsequent discussion had
put forward. What strikes me reading Eva's notes on DFB, and contrasting
them with the
other authors so far mentioned, Haverfield and LMM particularly
Guess who's bought a whole boxful of Princess magazines? They are the very
GOish story papers containing stories, cartoon strips, letters, all sorts of
stuff. I've got about fifty of 'em now, dating from 1963 to 1965. I think
they're only 24 pages each but never mind. One of them contains a ful
Would I be right in thinking that Rachel (and Jane Winter) are no less
typical of actresses in getting their big break through being 'in the right
place
at the right time' than Pauline Fossil's more gradual progress?
Lisa
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My great grandmother's sister was Althea pronounced Al-thee-a with a soft
th. She shortened it to Thea, but pronounced Thee (soft th again), not The-a.
I read Thea as The-a normally though just as I do Irene as I-rene rather
than I-ren-e even though I've only ever known I-ren-e used.
Lisa
Hi all!
I seem to have finally managed
to set up my e-mail successfully so it should work normally from now on. I
anyone has any problems, please let me know.
Thanks!
Janferie
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From: "Ellen Jordan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Subject: Re: [GO] sequels/series
> Pam writes:
>
> I wondered when book sequels & series first became common? . .
.Series
> feature largely in GO fiction - was t
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