Author Topic: Kids' books Quotes Quiz  (Read 11073 times)

clarion

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Re: Kids' books Quotes Quiz
« Reply #50 on: 27 February, 2011, 08:30:18 pm »
Yes NSTN, you got this one- wick meaning alive in the Yorkshire dialect people use in the book- do people still use that word?

Only time I ever heard it was in the expressions 'As wick as an eel', or 'I never heard in all my wick'.
Getting there...

Tim Hall

  • Victoria is my queen
Re: Kids' books Quotes Quiz
« Reply #51 on: 27 February, 2011, 08:48:50 pm »
Ooh excellent!

'I dare say it is rather hard to be a rat,' she mused. 'Nobody likes you. People run away and scream out: 'Oh! What a horrid rat!'

My source (The Girl) says "A Little Princess", by the same Frances Hodgson Burnett. It seems her education wasn't a complete waste of time. My niece appears on the cover of a recent adaptation.
There are two ways you can get exercise out of a bicycle: you can
"overhaul" it, or you can ride it.  (Jerome K Jerome)

clarion

  • Tyke
Re: Kids' books Quotes Quiz
« Reply #52 on: 27 February, 2011, 08:51:51 pm »
Really?  That's interesting. :)
Getting there...

Re: Kids' books Quotes Quiz
« Reply #53 on: 27 February, 2011, 09:02:44 pm »
Yes NSTN, you got this one- wick meaning alive in the Yorkshire dialect people use in the book- do people still use that word?

Only time I ever heard it was in the expressions 'As wick as an eel', or 'I never heard in all my wick'.

Never heard that either. Mind you Yorkshire is an awfully big place and it doesn't have one standard dialect. It's not a York or East Riding or the South of North Yorkshire saying. Could be Dales or North North Yorkshire though.
I think you'll find it's a bit more complicated than that.

Tim Hall

  • Victoria is my queen
Re: Kids' books Quotes Quiz
« Reply #54 on: 27 February, 2011, 09:05:35 pm »
Really?  That's interesting. :)
Aye. I think it's the Stepping Stone Classics adaptation.

Anyway, seeing as The Girl has been answering for me, she suggests:

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It was a big pin, too strongly sprung for little hands to open
There are two ways you can get exercise out of a bicycle: you can
"overhaul" it, or you can ride it.  (Jerome K Jerome)

Re: Kids' books Quotes Quiz
« Reply #55 on: 27 February, 2011, 10:08:12 pm »
Ooh excellent!

'I dare say it is rather hard to be a rat,' she mused. 'Nobody likes you. People run away and scream out: 'Oh! What a horrid rat!'

My source (The Girl) says "A Little Princess", by the same Frances Hodgson Burnett. It seems her education wasn't a complete waste of time. My niece appears on the cover of a recent adaptation.


Correct!

Wowbagger

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Re: Kids' books Quotes Quiz
« Reply #56 on: 28 February, 2011, 10:00:39 am »
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"I'm versatile!" said Charlotte.

"Does that mean full of eggs?"

Name added for clue purposes and comic effect.
Quote from: Dez
It doesn’t matter where you start. Just start.

Julian

  • samoture
Re: Kids' books Quotes Quiz
« Reply #57 on: 28 February, 2011, 01:17:55 pm »
Really?  That's interesting. :)
Aye. I think it's the Stepping Stone Classics adaptation.

Anyway, seeing as The Girl has been answering for me, she suggests:

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It was a big pin, too strongly sprung for little hands to open

One of the Borrowers books?

Tim Hall

  • Victoria is my queen
Re: Kids' books Quotes Quiz
« Reply #58 on: 28 February, 2011, 01:20:04 pm »
Well done that learned cyclist! The Borrowers, by Mary Norton.

Your go. And we've got Wow's to contend with too.
There are two ways you can get exercise out of a bicycle: you can
"overhaul" it, or you can ride it.  (Jerome K Jerome)

Julian

  • samoture
Re: Kids' books Quotes Quiz
« Reply #59 on: 28 February, 2011, 01:30:18 pm »
"He has green parakeets who pick holes in his suit"

Re: Kids' books Quotes Quiz
« Reply #60 on: 28 February, 2011, 01:39:03 pm »
Mr Magnolia
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Julian

  • samoture
Re: Kids' books Quotes Quiz
« Reply #61 on: 28 February, 2011, 01:39:49 pm »
Indeed.  :)

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« Reply #62 on: 28 February, 2011, 01:52:32 pm »
"Once upon a time...
There was a wicked sprite, indeed he was the most mischievous of all sprites. One day he was in a very good humour, for he had made a mirror with the power of causing all that was good and beautiful when it was reflected therein, to look poor and mean; but that which was good-for-nothing and looked ugly was shown magnified and increased in ugliness."
<i>Marmite slave</i>

Re: Kids' books Quotes Quiz
« Reply #63 on: 28 February, 2011, 02:05:18 pm »
"Once upon a time...
There was a wicked sprite, indeed he was the most mischievous of all sprites. One day he was in a very good humour, for he had made a mirror with the power of causing all that was good and beautiful when it was reflected therein, to look poor and mean; but that which was good-for-nothing and looked ugly was shown magnified and increased in ugliness."

The Snow Queen.
Have you seen my blog? It has words. And pictures! http://ablogofallthingskathy.blogspot.com/

Re: Kids' books Quotes Quiz
« Reply #64 on: 28 February, 2011, 02:05:57 pm »
Yup.
<i>Marmite slave</i>

rogerzilla

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Re: Kids' books Quotes Quiz
« Reply #65 on: 28 February, 2011, 08:05:15 pm »
OK, I'll set another one.

She flashed her horrible, wicked eyes upon me and said 'Victory.'  'Yes,' said I, 'Victory, but not yours.' Then I spoke the Deplorable Word.

(currently reading this one to Miss Z)
Hard work sometimes pays off in the end, but laziness ALWAYS pays off NOW.

Re: Kids' books Quotes Quiz
« Reply #66 on: 28 February, 2011, 08:07:40 pm »
OK, I'll set another one.

She flashed her horrible, wicked eyes upon me and said 'Victory.'  'Yes,' said I, 'Victory, but not yours.' Then I spoke the Deplorable Word.

(currently reading this one to Miss Z)

The Magician's Nephew - again!

I really ought to have a go now, oughtn't I?  ;)
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Re: Kids' books Quotes Quiz
« Reply #67 on: 28 February, 2011, 08:09:45 pm »
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Most disquieting reflection of all, was it not bad form to think about good form?
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Wowbagger

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Re: Kids' books Quotes Quiz
« Reply #68 on: 28 February, 2011, 08:35:14 pm »
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"I'm versatile!" said Charlotte.

"Does that mean full of eggs?"

Name added for clue purposes and comic effect.
Quote from: Dez
It doesn’t matter where you start. Just start.

Tim Hall

  • Victoria is my queen
Re: Kids' books Quotes Quiz
« Reply #69 on: 28 February, 2011, 08:36:54 pm »
Charlotte's Secrit Bunker Web?
There are two ways you can get exercise out of a bicycle: you can
"overhaul" it, or you can ride it.  (Jerome K Jerome)

Wowbagger

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Re: Kids' books Quotes Quiz
« Reply #70 on: 28 February, 2011, 08:45:36 pm »
Charlotte's Secrit Bunker Web?
Indeed. I like the thought of her being "full of eggs". :D
Quote from: Dez
It doesn’t matter where you start. Just start.

Tim Hall

  • Victoria is my queen
Re: Kids' books Quotes Quiz
« Reply #71 on: 28 February, 2011, 08:59:45 pm »
Goody.

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'He was father,' said xxxx.
Nobody said anything for a minute, and then yyyy, looking at the paper, said, 'So that was what they called it. Well it's Kanchenjunga now. It's no good changing it now we've climbed it.'

There are two ways you can get exercise out of a bicycle: you can
"overhaul" it, or you can ride it.  (Jerome K Jerome)

Tim Hall

  • Victoria is my queen
Re: Kids' books Quotes Quiz
« Reply #72 on: 01 March, 2011, 11:32:15 pm »
<mode=Paxman>I'll have to hurry you
</mode>

xxxx= Nancy
There are two ways you can get exercise out of a bicycle: you can
"overhaul" it, or you can ride it.  (Jerome K Jerome)

Wowbagger

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Re: Kids' books Quotes Quiz
« Reply #73 on: 01 March, 2011, 11:33:39 pm »
Is that an Arthur Ransome? Swallows & Amazons?
Quote from: Dez
It doesn’t matter where you start. Just start.

Tim Hall

  • Victoria is my queen
Re: Kids' books Quotes Quiz
« Reply #74 on: 01 March, 2011, 11:34:17 pm »
Yes. No.
There are two ways you can get exercise out of a bicycle: you can
"overhaul" it, or you can ride it.  (Jerome K Jerome)