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Christie
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 Posted - July 23 2002 : 8:41:43 PM
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Hey all,
I went and saw the IMAX film "Space Station" today with a good friend. Incredible movie, especially when you see astronauts from around the world working together to make this happen 220 miles above us! Anyway, towards the end of the movie one of the astronauts is riding an exercise bike and reading Cooper's Last of the Mohicans. I had a hard time concentrating on the movie after that because I knew I had to share this with all of you. As I said, LOTM turns up in the funniest places!
Christie
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Theresa
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Posted - August 11 2002 : 3:48:17 PM
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Christy,
Here's another place LOTM has shown up unexpectedly...
I have just started reading Sin Killer by Larry McMurtry. It's about a rich, aristocratic English family on its way up the Missouri River to see the American West as it begins to open up, circa 1830. Early in the story the oldest daughter finds herself alone on the edge of the River and wonders what to do...
She had never made a fire, but she had read several of Mr. Cooper's novels, and supposed that, with application, she could master the essentials of flint and steel, the very objects contained in the young frontiersman's small deerskin pouch.
A little later she comes across Jim Snow, a frontiersman, ferocious Indian fighter, and part-time preacher.
Tasmin felt, for the oddest moment, that she had stepped off the steamer Rocky Mount right into a Cooper novel, with Mr. Snow as Hawkeye, a man well equipped to protect her from the harsh inconveniences she would be sure to suffer if captured by the red man.
This book is the first in a series of four. I'll let you know of further references.
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Theresa
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Posted - August 15 2002 : 6:05:55 PM
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Okay...I finished Sin Killer. It was a fast read, not detailed enough for me, but I'll probably read the next three installments. There was no further reference to JFC or LOTM, however something interesting did grab my attention. This rich English family owns a parrot, Prince Talleyrand, and he speaks Danish. The only phrase he spoke throughout the book was, "Schweig, du boder Trottel!" which translated means, "Shut up, you silly fool". So my question is, does Schweig mean "shut up" in Danish?
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Christie
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Posted - August 16 2002 : 2:09:15 PM
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Theresa,
I'll buy that "Schweig" translates into "shut up" since everytime that man appears on screen that's exactly what I do!  In my family makeup I'm one-eighth Dutch, but that goes back in the family several hundred years. That should explain why I freeze whenever I see Eric. In any case, maybe Ilse can help with this one.
I have yet to read McMurtry although I've been meaning to pick him up for a long time. One book I absolutely adore is Ride the Wind by Lucia St. Clair Robson about Cynthia Ann Parker and her years with the Comanche. I read the story years ago and it's one that still stays with me.
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Karen W
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Posted - August 16 2002 : 8:13:49 PM
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Hi Christie! I read the book Ride The Wind last year and I also thought it very good. I'd like to read it again someday when I run out of other books to read~HAHAHA!!!!!
Karen
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Theresa
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Posted - August 17 2002 : 09:07:46 AM
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Speaking of, Karen...how is One Thousand White Womencoming? I've started re-reading it. This is one you might want to try, Christie. It's by Jim Fergus. Here's an excerpt from the Author's Note:
In spite of efforts to convince the reader to the contrary, this book is entirely a work of fiction. However, the seed that grew into a novel was sown in the author's imagination by an actual historical event: in 1854 at a peace conference at Fort Laramie, a prominent Northern Cheyenne chief requested of the U.S. Army authorities the gift of one thousand white women as brides for his young warriors. Because theirs is a matrilineal society in which all children born belong to their mother's tribe, this seemed to the Cheyennes to be the perfect means of assimiliation into the white man's world---a terrifying new world that even as early as 1854, the Native Americans clearly recognized held no place for them. Needless to say, the Cheyennes' request was not well received by the white authorities---the peace conference collapsed, the Cheyennes went home, and, of course, the white women did not come. In this novel they do.
This is one that stayed with me, thus the re-read.
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Christie
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Posted - August 17 2002 : 8:57:17 PM
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Thanks for the recommendation, it sounds like a great book. Even though I'm a librarian, there are times when I think there's nothing good to read. Pityful isn't it?!
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Karen W
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Posted - August 20 2002 : 5:54:03 PM
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Oh Theresa! I've been meaning to Email you and tell you how much I liked to book! I could hardly put it down and didn't want it to end. The author certainly did a great job of making the whole thing seem very real. Thank you again for suggesting that I read this book. We finally got the last of our furniture over the weekend, so I have been busy unpacking boxes and trying to figure out where 30plus years worth of stuff is going to go! This house has way less storage than we had before. Must get back to work. I need another good book to read! Take care. Karen
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Theresa
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Posted - August 20 2002 : 10:50:03 PM
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I am so glad you liked the book, Karen. I'm almost done with my second read and this time I've read slower and have become more involved with the story. I'm right there along with May Dodd...a might strong character.
Good luck on your "stuff" shuffle at your new house.
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Posted - November 26 2002 : 10:47:15 PM
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Well, it's been awhile since someone has found LOTM in a most surprising place but in the past week I have found two. December's issue of "Boy's Life" magazine had JFC's novel as one that should be read. And, tonight, on "Judging Amy", they were playing charades and LOTM was the correct guess for one. Kinda trivial, but fun anyway.
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Ilse
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Posted - November 27 2002 : 5:44:24 PM
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Christie said: quote:
Theresa,
I'll buy that "Schweig" translates into "shut up" since everytime that man appears on screen that's exactly what I do! In my family makeup I'm one-eighth Dutch, but that goes back in the family several hundred years. That should explain why I freeze whenever I see Eric. In any case, maybe Ilse can help with this one.
And Theresa said: quote:
This rich English family owns a parrot, Prince Talleyrand, and he speaks Danish. The only phrase he spoke throughout the book was, "Schweig, du boder Trottel!" which translated means, "Shut up, you silly fool". So my question is, does Schweig mean "shut up" in Danish?
Sorry guys, I missed this thread the first time around! Theresa, it's probably "bloder Trottel" and it's not Danish but German  . Not that it matters all that much, Danish, German, and Dutch are closely related languages.
And yes, "Schweig" does mean "shut up" in German. In Dutch the word is "zwijg" and in Danish (after consulting travlang's dictionaries) ..... "tie"???  |
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Posted - November 27 2002 : 8:49:20 PM
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| Thanks, Ilse. Clear as mud! I knew you would know this. |
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Ithiliana
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Posted - December 03 2002 : 5:01:56 PM
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omg, rofl....hehe... funny what peoples names mean sometimes
hmmmm...thanks for the recommendations theresa....i really need some new books to read.....after 3 years of scavenging my school library,my "to read" list has gotten real short.... |
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Posted - December 06 2002 : 4:14:41 PM
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| hee hee, thats funny! I know what you mean. My last name means wild and untamed. Then again, I actually sort of fit that discription, so, you never know. I'd hate it to be shut up tho. That must be annoying. |
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Ithiliana
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Posted - December 07 2002 : 12:34:39 PM
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hmmm.....actually, i think it would be kind of cool..."what's your name?""schweig!!"
rofl, id love to be able to do that |
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Posted - December 08 2002 : 3:22:02 PM
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| *falls out of chair laughing...but then again, how many of us would know what that means??? Funny though!!!! |
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Posted - December 08 2002 : 9:51:29 PM
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*feels bad*
i have a boring last name (my real one, not the one in my profile, rofl)
it means "smithson" in ukranian
how boring!
*changes her last name to schweig and is ROFLMAO!!!*
schweig ppl!! |
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Posted - December 14 2002 : 4:24:51 PM
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wait.....did you say smith son???
*sings*
Demmie loves Ithi.....
She's female, hopefully
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Posted - May 06 2003 : 11:22:34 PM
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Well it's been awhile since this topic was last visited. I was watching Seinfeld tonight and Kramer was lost in a phone booth, calls Jerry and tells him the street interesection and landmarks close by, and Jerry replies, "Stay alive! No matter what occurs, I WILL find you!" Whoa!  |
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Diane B.
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Posted - May 08 2003 : 11:46:42 AM
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Hello, Theresa!
I've seen this episode of Seinfeld several times and it remains one of my all-time favorites, just because of that line! The first time I saw it, I really felt sorry for anyone who hadn't seen LOTM. Unless they've seen the movie, folks probably wouldn't have a clue as to what Jerry is talking about & they wouldn't understand why the line is so funny! |
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Posted - May 15 2003 : 4:54:34 PM
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I had taken my son to a film, for kids a few years back; it was Inspector Gadget; and there was a scene where he banged against a window and said he'd "find you, no matter how long, no matter how far" thingy...I laughed out loud so hard, I am sure everyone was sure I'd lost it; but to me, to me: it was lost on them the parody of the scene. I do know between my sons and I, it is a figure of speech between us as they've been part of this for "years and years"...(sometimes, they'd rather NOT I'd find them....)
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