I'm from Whitehorse. It was probably me.
Since there are only about 30,000 people in the entire Yukon at any given time, I'm not really all that surprised at not finding more here. Actually, I'm surprised by the number people who have been north of 60.
I'm now in Denver, but I don't know of any Colorado buffistas. There was talk of a map, but it would be a nightmare to put together.
The accent was considerably less like a Maritime accent than Dunst's real accent. It sounded mostly like a bad southern accent (southern U.S., that is). To top it off, her character's name was "Silly".
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Yep, Sohpie's on PeoplesForum too, Penny. She's a lawyer up there.
Um, can anyone tell me about the books I read years ago, about a thief who was very charismatic and said "thicky" and stuff like that? He was some kind of English.
Jesse - what time period were the books set? There's Raffles, but he was very early 20th Century. Any other clues?
She's the "younger female relative of distance equal to or greater than niece" of the moon. Unless she's just mis-typed "Em-Chau" of course.
Huh. Another beautiful fiction spoiled by an ugly truth. Given that I live in Watford and see the moon maybe once a month if I'm lucky, however, what I have may be more accurate. And Em-Chau is altogether too close to my real name. Ah well.
Jesse - what time period were the books set? There's Raffles, but he was very early 20th Century. Any other clues?
Hee! I can't believe anyone picked this up! I think it was kind of contemporary, maybe mid 20th C? Really, I think if I asked my parents, they'd know who I was talking about, but I keep forgetting.
Jesse, you should ask in the lit thread. Someone there will know. They're kind of scary that way.
Entirely random question: why are public schools in the UK called "public"? I'm reading something that's comparing the educational systems in the UK and the US, and it keeps having to specify whether it means the American meaning of "public" or the British one, so now I'm getting curious about how the UK and US ended up with two such contradictory meanings for the same term.
Because British public schools aren't public, they are private, I believe...
Because UK public schools are open for anyone who want to pay for them, I believe, was the logic?
