kizolk
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Post by kizolk on Sept 27, 2023 22:26:23 GMT
And not a character from a work by Wilde.
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Post by Etaoin Shrdlu on Sept 28, 2023 3:17:10 GMT
Well, that's a bugger, then.
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Post by Etaoin Shrdlu on Sept 28, 2023 3:19:34 GMT
Wotton. Which I always want to write as Wootton, not helped by Dan Wootton being in the news of late. And yes, that was my idea.
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Post by Pacifica on Sept 28, 2023 3:53:39 GMT
Cripes.
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Post by Etaoin Shrdlu on Sept 28, 2023 4:33:35 GMT
What exactly is cripesworthy?
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Post by Pacifica on Sept 28, 2023 4:39:52 GMT
I was hoping you knew the answer but you don't and we appear to be stuck.
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Post by Etaoin Shrdlu on Sept 28, 2023 4:49:20 GMT
There must be an obvious 19th-century novel that we all are likely to know. Vanity Fair? Unlikely. What are we missing?
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Post by Etaoin Shrdlu on Sept 28, 2023 7:36:54 GMT
Also, what exactly counts as cheating at this point? Googling "19th-century British/Irish novels" might be considered cheating, and I haven't done so. But what about having a look at my bookshelves?
(I'm going to guess it probably isn't there, but that doesn't affect the point. The same would apply to, say, looking at one's CDs or tapes or even vinyl for a music question, assuming anyone goes in for a tangible music collection.)
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kizolk
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Post by kizolk on Sept 28, 2023 8:12:51 GMT
But what about having a look at my bookshelves? (I'm going to guess it probably isn't there, but that doesn't affect the point. The same would apply to, say, looking at one's CDs or tapes or even vinyl for a music question, assuming anyone goes in for a tangible music collection.) If that's cheating, it's acceptable cheating. It's from a very famous novel, of which several movies (of different types) have been made.
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Post by kizolk on Sept 28, 2023 8:14:24 GMT
And I think you guys will be kicking yourselves once you find out what that novel is!
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Post by Pacifica on Sept 28, 2023 18:19:17 GMT
Are there any dandies in Moby Dick?
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Post by kizolk on Sept 28, 2023 20:08:34 GMT
Are there any dandies in Moby Dick? No idea; the character isn't from Moby Dick. You guys have barely asked any question about the novel that character appears in, by the way.
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Post by kizolk on Sept 28, 2023 20:11:11 GMT
And do keep in mind I wasn't sure whether you could describe him as a dandy. Some things made me think it wasn't completely far-fetched to say he might be, but he certainly doesn't fit all the criteria, at least according to my understanding of what dandies are. Maybe I should have answered with a "no, but".
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Post by Pacifica on Sept 28, 2023 20:44:54 GMT
Was the novel he appears in principally intended for children?
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Post by Etaoin Shrdlu on Sept 28, 2023 21:03:02 GMT
Is the author either HG Wells or Rudyard Kipling? (I don't think it's either, so I might as well knock them both off with one question.
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