RE: [GO] Being tearful

2004-11-07 Thread kirkhead
Not having children of my own, I've never had the pleasure (or sorrow!) of reading aloud a sad ending to a small child (my friends know better than to pass their small things over to me!) But I have struggled to maintain my composure when reading aloud to a class of 30 11 year olds, especially beca

[GO] Query about Suffolk bookshops

2004-11-10 Thread kirkhead
Kate said "...but will be getting around to such places as Sudbury, Lavenham and Bury St. Edmonds also. I've never been to any of these places, so can anyone tell me if there are any interesting bookshops..." I was in B-S-E about 3 years ago, and there was one bookshop there - I can't remember ex

Re: [GO] Query about Suffolk bookshops

2004-11-10 Thread kirkhead
That's interesting, Sue - I know the shop you mean in Southwold, having been there camping (Southwold, not the shop!) a few times, but I've never found anything remotely interesting, GO-wise, there. But it's obviously still worth visiting whenever I can Pam K   - Original Message -

[GO] OT: Gaelic

2004-11-13 Thread kirkhead
>Being the incredibly shallow person that I am, I'd like to learn a bit about >Gaelic* to impress someone. Ahem. Are there any websites out there that >would give me the basics of pronunciation and that sort of thing, or even an >online dictionary? >Thanks, >Katharine >*(nearly wrote 'a bit *of

[GO] sequels/series

2004-11-13 Thread kirkhead
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 BJD has a sequel ('Edge of Reason'), although P & P doesn't, I wondered w

Re: [GO] sequels/series

2004-11-14 Thread kirkhead
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

[GO] Pronunciation of Sarah - phonetically or otherwise

2004-11-14 Thread kirkhead
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