tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16823651.post5811170083291091254..comments2024-03-27T13:51:16.021-04:00Comments on Bully Says: Comics Oughta Be Fun!: A Wodehouse a Week #9: Thank You, JeevesBullyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11708103213119467419noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16823651.post-191722975853691062007-06-26T20:21:00.000-04:002007-06-26T20:21:00.000-04:00Just got a link to this in an e-mail from John Lus...Just got a link to this in an e-mail from John Lustig and I thought you'd be amused. :-)<BR/><BR/>http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20070624Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16823651.post-70510522367799209342007-06-26T14:57:00.000-04:002007-06-26T14:57:00.000-04:00Wodehouse is amazing. If I had to choose between c...Wodehouse is amazing. If I had to choose between comic books and Wooster and Jeeves, I would be sorely tempted to choose the latter.Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12651833650699895899noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16823651.post-47768965294233077422007-06-25T18:48:00.000-04:002007-06-25T18:48:00.000-04:00Less wholesome UK usage from the same period: In "...Less wholesome UK usage from the same period: In "Snobbery With Violence", Colin Watson quotes Hornung's Raffles as quipping "These masks alone will down a n___, if we meet one..."<BR/><BR/>I think the larger problem is that the fascination for Americanisms among British writers of the era far outstripped their actual sophistication (still might, come to that; check out any of Dick Francis' novels in which the hero travels Stateside). With the best will in the world they thought they sounded realistically tough and 'street'.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16823651.post-78849082146769936282007-06-25T18:30:00.000-04:002007-06-25T18:30:00.000-04:00Banjolele info! Also, who knew there was a "drones...<A HREF="http://www.drones.com/banjolele.html" REL="nofollow">Banjolele info!</A> Also, who knew there was a "drones.com"?Philliphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00679456592657711270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16823651.post-52515573890544197972007-06-25T12:10:00.000-04:002007-06-25T12:10:00.000-04:00By coincidence, I had just been looking over my bo...By coincidence, I had just been looking over my bookshelves this weekend, spotted a copy of "Thank You, Jeeves" that I hadn't read in years, and started reading it again. I'd completely forgotten almost everything about it, so it's as if I'm reading it for the first time.<BR/><BR/>So as not to spoil anything, I've only taken the briefest glimpse of the start of your review, but I just wanted to clear up one thing. As I understand it, the banjolele is actually a different instrument than a banjo; it's sort of a cross between a banjo and a ukulele, hence the name. The banjolele was the trademark instrument of the popular British entertainer George Formby.Erichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00083091864939104540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16823651.post-26424528131690456202007-06-25T11:03:00.000-04:002007-06-25T11:03:00.000-04:00Now this is one that I haven't read, but I did see...Now this is one that I haven't read, but I did see it with Hugh Laurie and Stephen Frye and it is an utter hoot. They also managed rather neatly to get around the whole minstrel/black face problem as well. <BR/><BR/>And yes, heliotrope is a lovely word.SallyPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05592635194271250605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16823651.post-35050416900810417392007-06-25T08:37:00.000-04:002007-06-25T08:37:00.000-04:00Plus I've noticed that English writers seem much l...Plus I've noticed that English writers seem much less fastidious about the use of that particular word than North American writers. I'm thinking of Agatha Christie, Dorothy L. Sayers, Ian Fleming, T.H. White, George Macdonald Fraser... based on their writing (and the context in which they used the word) I wouldn't call any of them racist, or Wodehouse either, but they have no qualms about dropping the old n-bomb whenever they think it's appropriate. Just doesn't seem to be as big of a thing on that side of the pond.Matthew Ehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01007497367844755093noreply@blogger.com