tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post2134402255712356549..comments2024-03-22T23:27:47.349+00:00Comments on EAGLETON NOTES: Ignorance is, well, Ignorance.Graham Edwardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comBlogger30125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-78335133360890961362013-06-15T18:59:45.030+01:002013-06-15T18:59:45.030+01:00Thanks, GB, I appreciate the help. BTW, I have a ...Thanks, GB, I appreciate the help. BTW, I have a friend Beth, and we amuse ourselves looking for (and sadly finding) tons of ways in which the English language is mangled, both on the air and in print. I'll have to see if I can find some of the more glaring ones to share with you!Canadian Chickadeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12995693884248628958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-48021351862986993782013-06-15T18:58:00.659+01:002013-06-15T18:58:00.659+01:00Tsk, tsk, GB. The line is from Dickens' "...Tsk, tsk, GB. The line is from Dickens' "Christmas Carol" when Scrooge doesn't believe he's actually seeing Marley's ghost but believes it might be just an hallucination brought on by a bit of undigested beef or a blot of mustard. <br /><br />BTW, I share your opinion of Dickens. I had to read some of his works for literature classes, and found them very heavy going indeed. Personally, I feel the Victorians have much to answer for in the hangups we all have as a result of their interests about death and sex, which were both puritanical and prurient, usually simultaneously!! <br /><br />xoxoCanadian Chickadeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12995693884248628958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-33692018251342051962013-06-15T07:38:48.782+01:002013-06-15T07:38:48.782+01:00Now it's my turn to confess ignorance Carol. A...Now it's my turn to confess ignorance Carol. After my Russian Novel phase in my early 20s I bought the complete works of Charles Dickens with the intention of working my way through them. I never got past the first few chapters of one or two. I just could not get into Dickens. So the significance of the blot of mustard alludes me.Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-9980832922935714392013-06-15T07:22:46.903+01:002013-06-15T07:22:46.903+01:00You have given me the incentive to work more on my...You have given me the incentive to work more on my punctuation post Carol. I may, however, just do a short one on the Oxford Comma. There is a limit to how much interest one can muster on the subject of grammar or punctuation these days.Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-34584438710853103822013-06-15T07:13:06.120+01:002013-06-15T07:13:06.120+01:00Yes, I looked it up to check when I read this post...Yes, I looked it up to check when I read this post - and then realized there was no chance I could have seen season four yet... So I guess I'll have to keep my predictions to myself! (Just kidding. I had mixed up a few details in my head, that's all. I won't tell you how, since you have not even started watching season 3 yet.) DawnTreaderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04533307672147117843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-29205832902572199412013-06-15T01:24:57.116+01:002013-06-15T01:24:57.116+01:00GB, I am covered with shame to have to admit I don...GB, I am covered with shame to have to admit I don't know what the Oxford comma is. Perhaps I learned about it under another name? <br />Canadian Chickadeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12995693884248628958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-22787286353587971922013-06-15T01:15:37.401+01:002013-06-15T01:15:37.401+01:00Perhaps like Scrooge it was just a blot of mustard...Perhaps like Scrooge it was just a blot of mustard?? :)Canadian Chickadeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12995693884248628958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-33830751581783488862013-06-14T23:14:40.853+01:002013-06-14T23:14:40.853+01:00That sounds, Meike, like a nice dream. I so rarel...That sounds, Meike, like a nice dream. I so rarely have pleasant ones. I'd love to know what I have done to earn unpleasant dreams.Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-62911690740900065822013-06-14T23:13:27.408+01:002013-06-14T23:13:27.408+01:00Thanks Carol. I'll watch anything with Maggie...Thanks Carol. I'll watch anything with Maggie Smith in it. She's usually very good value. I enjoy period dramas as well. As for commas, I am a great believer in the correct use of punctuation although I seem to be part of a very small minority. The question is are you a believer in the use of the Oxfor comma? I've been meaning to do a post on that for ages.Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-58840558938020383372013-06-14T23:05:39.975+01:002013-06-14T23:05:39.975+01:00Season 4 is being recorded at the moment I think M...Season 4 is being recorded at the moment I think Monica. I still haven't managed to finish Season 2! I need some long dark winters nights.Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-32303722362760437802013-06-14T06:47:00.325+01:002013-06-14T06:47:00.325+01:00Make that two people who didn't know, and put ...Make that two people who didn't know, and put my name on the list of people who STILL don't know :-)<br />I'll only find out when - and if - the friend who lent me the first two series on DVD will let me have the third.<br /><br />The little sparrow reminds me of what I dreamed last night. It involved robins and sparrows and tits, they were all resting on the small ledge above our front door, and in my dream, I was tall enough to reach there to stroke them.Librarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05704656564078750607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-67894945567178738992013-06-13T19:45:26.513+01:002013-06-13T19:45:26.513+01:00I like the title of your essay. It also illustrat...I like the title of your essay. It also illustrates one of my favourite theories about punctuation. Without the first comma, it reads:<br />"Ignorance is well, Ignorance." Similar to, "All is well." And poetic with the repetition of the second use of the word ignorance.<br /><br />I was very sorry that Dan Steven opted to take himself out of Downton Abbey, Season 4. Our entire family loves the show. I particularly like the tension between Penelope Wilton and Maggie Smith's characters. We just recently re-watched "Gosford Park" for about the third or fourth time, and Maggie Smith is as enchantingly awful as ever. And I do think that Dan Stevens/Matthew Crawley will be missed in any future episodes. I mean, darn it all, we survived WWI with him and then he dies in a silly car crash? Please! That's not fair to his millions of fans! And I know life's not fair, which is why I expect good to triumph and life to be fair in art!<br /><br />By the way, I just finished Peter May's trilogy about Lewis: The Blackhouse, The Lewis Man, and the Chessmen. I loved them. Peter May is one of those rare writers who can limn the scenery in just a few words or phrases and make the weather and the environment almost a character in the story. The only other writer I can think of off hand who does that is Tony Hillerman, with his Leaphorn and Chee mysteries set in New Mexico. Love those too.<br /><br />It's good to see your posts again, for some reason, they vanished from my system for about a month, and I really missed them. Have a great weekend. xoxoxo Canadian Chickadeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12995693884248628958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-66179942935806380612013-06-13T17:57:04.404+01:002013-06-13T17:57:04.404+01:00In Sweden we love British drama and I have seen th...In Sweden we love British drama and I have seen the whole series including the last episode of season 3. And if anyone missed it, they're running the whole of season 3 again during summer. I also recorded it on DVD though. Should probably watch the last episode again because I could almost have sworn when I read your post above that I'd already seen season 4 as well. Whatever gave me that idea?! DawnTreaderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04533307672147117843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-82131593077137217772013-06-13T17:39:53.859+01:002013-06-13T17:39:53.859+01:00Is Albert Tatlock still in that?Is Albert Tatlock still in that?Marcelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10859972397663662509noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-80275277993445042032013-06-13T15:38:07.463+01:002013-06-13T15:38:07.463+01:00No Adrian, they shout in Eastenders. They just st...No Adrian, they shout in Eastenders. They just stab each other quietly at the other end of the scale. Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-34898462282186430292013-06-13T15:36:01.975+01:002013-06-13T15:36:01.975+01:00Droll!Droll!Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-62687105428299350542013-06-13T15:35:48.677+01:002013-06-13T15:35:48.677+01:00I've nothing to add to that one.I've nothing to add to that one.Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-28707184171453494582013-06-13T15:34:49.252+01:002013-06-13T15:34:49.252+01:00But then Marcel you don't watch anything so yo...But then Marcel you don't watch anything so you can't be expected to know.Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-15042529318504763872013-06-13T15:33:31.180+01:002013-06-13T15:33:31.180+01:00It's good to know I'm not alone Pauline.It's good to know I'm not alone Pauline.Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-1969612082262006372013-06-13T15:32:59.822+01:002013-06-13T15:32:59.822+01:00Actually, Fi, I don't really mind knowing the ...Actually, Fi, I don't really mind knowing the ending because there's so much more to the programme than just the main characters. Leastways that's what I'm telling myself. Now if they killed off Lady Mary I might think differently!Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-68750879528241100322013-06-13T15:22:01.920+01:002013-06-13T15:22:01.920+01:00Actually Virginia they started off the programme w...Actually Virginia they started off the programme with the clip. Plain inconsiderate if you ask me but then as I'm the only person who didn't know `i don't suppose they cared much.Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-56255897885687498192013-06-13T14:15:29.513+01:002013-06-13T14:15:29.513+01:00I have never seen any either....Is it like a perio...I have never seen any either....Is it like a period version of Eastenders?ADRIANhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07113961163396562781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-24066166060267833662013-06-13T14:14:13.125+01:002013-06-13T14:14:13.125+01:00We only have two but they don't add up to a wh...We only have two but they don't add up to a whole one.ADRIANhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07113961163396562781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-84411346852170194322013-06-13T13:57:52.892+01:002013-06-13T13:57:52.892+01:00I think we've got about three, Spesh.I think we've got about three, Spesh.Frances Garroodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10614916006798375706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-25188403570007364132013-06-13T13:57:19.933+01:002013-06-13T13:57:19.933+01:00Downton what?Downton what?Frances Garroodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10614916006798375706noreply@blogger.com