My kids love Mike Mulligan and his Steam Shovel, for example, which is weird old technology but not quite The Olden Days. I read The Happy Hollisters (1950s) and Swallows and Amazons (British, 1930s) and Enid Blyton's Five series (British, 1950s) as a child born 1972, and was not fazed by much. Except it took me forever to figure out that a torch wasn't a flaming piece of wood.
Angel: Lorne, you're— Lorne: Reliable as a cheap fortune cookie? Angel: I was gonna say a guy with good contacts…
'Shells'
Literary Buffistas 3: Don't Parse the Blurb, Dear.
There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
flea - Mar 08, 2011 3:07:39 pm PST #14050 of 28286
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flea - Mar 08, 2011 3:08:17 pm PST #14051 of 28286
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Also, Alsatian = German Shepherd. Alsace. Right. I'm still not entirely sure what treacle is.
DavidS - Mar 08, 2011 3:10:59 pm PST #14052 of 28286
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I'm still not entirely sure what treacle is.
Syrup.
Laga - Mar 08, 2011 3:11:47 pm PST #14053 of 28286
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
So... syrup tart?
flea - Mar 08, 2011 3:14:33 pm PST #14054 of 28286
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I sort of think of it like Karo. Which is nasty. But you do use it in pecan pie, which is good. Which I'm pretty sure they don't make in Britain.
Anne W. - Mar 08, 2011 3:15:22 pm PST #14055 of 28286
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.
The pictures of treacle tart I googled do look very much like pecanless pecan pie.
DavidS - Mar 08, 2011 3:19:37 pm PST #14056 of 28286
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Treacle is syrup made from cane sugar.
Sophia Brooks - Mar 08, 2011 3:30:53 pm PST #14057 of 28286
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Wow, flea is me! I was REALLY confused about "Electric Torch". Instead of a flashlight, I pictured some sort of fake plastic flaming stick of wood.
Laga - Mar 08, 2011 3:37:33 pm PST #14058 of 28286
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
I was surprised to find out how many people didn't know a punt is a type of boat and thought Filch was drop-kicking students across the Weasley swamp.
Cass - Mar 08, 2011 3:47:28 pm PST #14059 of 28286
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
I pictured some sort of fake plastic flaming stick of wood.
I still do.
Oh, I know what it really means but if I could buy a flashlight that looked like a flaming stick of wood, I totally would. I prefer to think that Brits can and do.