Re: [lace-chat] Re: favourite authors
At 08:17 PM 2/8/06 -0500, Lynn Carpenter wrote: > The only time I got really mad reading one was when it turned out to be a > bowdlerized "Americanized" version where Mr. Dibbler's famous > sausages-inna-bun had been somehow turned into "hot dogs". Ack. :P When I first heard of Harry Potter, my initial reaction was that if the books could be that popular despite being published by Scholastic, Rowling must be one TERRIFIC writer, to put in enough good stuff that Scholastic couldn't get it all out. Scholastic employs equal-opportunity gormless editors -- they mess up *everybody's* books. My theory is that they are the same people who make low-calorie foods taste bad so that you'll know they are good for you. -- Joy Beeson http://joybeeson.home.comcast.net/ http://roughsewing.home.comcast.net/ http://n3f.home.comcast.net/ -- Writers' Exchange west of Fort Wayne, Indiana, U.S.A. where winter is back and its sorta snowing. To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace-chat] Re: favourite authors
Lynn Carpenter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:"Sharon Whiteley" wrote: >My all-time favourite author is Terry Pratchett. Hooray, another Terry Pratchett fan! Hi Lynn, was reading in my local paper today that there is to be a TV film of Hogfather with David Jason playing Albert. (grumpy former wizard) Sky One is doing it but there was no projected date for showing it. Something to look out for jenny barron cold and snowy NE Scotland. UK To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] Re: favourite authors
"Sharon Whiteley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >My all-time favourite author is Terry Pratchett. Hooray, another Terry Pratchett fan! I hate to say "Me, too", but I'll say it anyway. The only time I got really mad reading one was when it turned out to be a bowdlerized "Americanized" version where Mr. Dibbler's famous sausages-inna-bun had been somehow turned into "hot dogs". Ack. :P Talk about wanting to reach out and smack some silly editor. Or maybe feed the gormless soul a sausage-inna-bun! I hate it when they do that. Lucky for Dickens he doesn't live now, or we'd be reading "It was the best and worst of times." Lynn Carpenter in SW Michigan, USA alwen at i2k dot com http://lost-arts.blogspot.com/ To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]