Rosie_0801 Posted October 4, 2010 Share Posted October 4, 2010 I have never heard anyone call a container of ice cream a "pixie." It is a tub! And while we are at it, I wasn't amongst the many of the English speaking world who was surprised to find out that forehead has been traditionally pronounced "forrid." That's how we always say it. I'm not finished yet, but it is a fun book :) Rosie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keptwoman Posted October 4, 2010 Share Posted October 4, 2010 I love his books, which one are you reading? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rosie_0801 Posted October 4, 2010 Author Share Posted October 4, 2010 "Mother Tongue." I should have said that, huh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Britomart Posted October 4, 2010 Share Posted October 4, 2010 That's a fun book! Do you think maybe some of the things you're finding to be misinformation are just anachronistic at this point? It's not a very new book. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elfgivas Posted October 4, 2010 Share Posted October 4, 2010 "stranger in a strange land" kept me sane the first few years after i immigrated. it just lived on my nightstand... i wish he were writing more often these days... ann Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest RecumbentHeart Posted October 4, 2010 Share Posted October 4, 2010 I have never heard anyone call a container of ice cream a "pixie." It is a tub! And while we are at it, I wasn't amongst the many of the English speaking world who was surprised to find out that forehead has been traditionally pronounced "forrid." That's how we always say it. I'm not finished yet, but it is a fun book :) Rosie I had forgotten all about the "forrid"!! It's been so long since I've heard/said that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 4, 2010 Share Posted October 4, 2010 i wish he were writing more often these days... ann His biography of Shakespeare came out around a year ago; it's the most accessible and readable biography I've come across. Dd is using it this year as reading in Renaissance history. Later this fall two more books are coming out: one, The History of Private Life, is a series of investigations of aspects of domesticity triggered by observations of his home; Seeing Further is a history of the Royal Philosophical Society and therefore of early modern to modern British science. I've got them both on order! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicole M Posted October 4, 2010 Share Posted October 4, 2010 His biography of Shakespeare came out around a year ago; it's the most accessible and readable biography I've come across. Dd is using it this year as reading in Renaissance history. Later this fall two more books are coming out: one, The History of Private Life, is a series of investigations of aspects of domesticity triggered by observations of his home; Seeing Further is a history of the Royal Philosophical Society and therefore of early modern to modern British science. I've got them both on order! I have Seeing Further, ordered from Amazon UK, and am about 2/3 of the way though. I cannot speak highly enough about these essays. He did not write the whole book, just the introduction, but it's all brilliant. I do love his work, but have not read Mother Tongue. We listened to him read his childhood memoir, and what cracked me up was that when he tried to do the Iowa farm child voice, it came out (what I think of as) Cockney. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onceuponatime Posted October 4, 2010 Share Posted October 4, 2010 Noone had to tell me forehead was pronounced "forrid." I figured it out my self when I found out it was supposed to rhyme with "horrid." :-D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rosie_0801 Posted October 5, 2010 Author Share Posted October 5, 2010 That's a fun book! Do you think maybe some of the things you're finding to be misinformation are just anachronistic at this point? It's not a very new book. Not the pixie thing! I'm 30, it was published in 1990, I think. My father is a great believer in the power of ice cream. If there were pixies involved, I'd have heard about it! Dh and I wondered if he was extrapolating Dixie cups out to all containers of ice cream being called pixies. Rosie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keptwoman Posted October 5, 2010 Share Posted October 5, 2010 Ah, I read and enjoyed that one so much. He is so informative and just plain funny too. Have you read his Down Under? That's also a great book. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Punchie Posted October 5, 2010 Share Posted October 5, 2010 I love Bill Bryson! I haven't read Mother Tongue in years - I will have to move it to the top of my "to read" stack. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Margaret in GA Posted October 5, 2010 Share Posted October 5, 2010 Ah, I read and enjoyed that one so much. He is so informative and just plain funny too.Have you read his Down Under? That's also a great book. Yes! Love the story about the kid helping out at the construction site that goes to cash the check ("If we ever get those *&%$# bricks"). Bill Bryson is hilariously funny. I also looove Thunderbolt Kid. We have it on audio Book and he is a superb reader. Margaret Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Britomart Posted October 6, 2010 Share Posted October 6, 2010 Not the pixie thing! I'm 30, it was published in 1990, I think. My father is a great believer in the power of ice cream. If there were pixies involved, I'd have heard about it! Dh and I wondered if he was extrapolating Dixie cups out to all containers of ice cream being called pixies. I think my daughter would buy into the belief that fairies have something to do with ice cream - she thinks both of them are wonderful! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OrganicAnn Posted October 6, 2010 Share Posted October 6, 2010 There once was a girl that had a little curl right in the middle of her forehead and when she was good she was very very good and when she was bad she was horrid. I really liked his Shakespeare book. His "Walk in the Woods" was very funny especially at the beginning. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freerange Posted October 6, 2010 Share Posted October 6, 2010 There once was a girl that had a little curl right in the middle of her forehead and when she was good she was very very good and when she was bad she was horrid. . In northern England, horrid rhymes with red, and therefore also forehead. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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