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Jay Leffew
replied to a comment on The Last Word
"Actually I'm the same, except for the time. Someone's age, words, numbers of people, words, but the time somehow seems better as numbers, even if followed by o'clock." |
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Dianne
replied to a comment on The Last Word
"Thanks Jay--for reading glad--you had a chuckle." |
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Dianne
replied to a comment on The Last Word
"Too funny Fran---I was sooo exasperated with him that day--but we both ended up laughing as well as the other children in the next room. I had no success with him until I started making him wash the walls he...defiled...." |
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Dianne
replied to a comment on The Last Word
"Thanks for reading and the writing tips Adam. I was never sure about the number thing. I know I am too free with puncuation, so I will give your suggestion a try. Hard to get the flow and pauses correct sometimes. I have never had children, but have worked as a Nanny for all my years....loooong time!" |
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Dianne
replied to a comment on The Last Word
"Hi Adam, thanks for reading and thanks for the writing tips--never have been sure about the number thin" |
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Dianne
replied to a comment on The Last Word
"Thanks Jay--I have been telling it as a good laugh and enjoyed the challenge of putting it on 'paper.'" |
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Dianne
replied to a comment on The Last Word
"Thanks Diane--I posted it on my blog and kind of felt...silence. Thought I would give it a shot here!" |
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Fran Strahan
commented on The Last Word
"Urgh! Yucky! Kids will love that. Very 'nice' anecdote, well told. Giving a whole new meaning to 'can I pick your brain?' Oh, yuck! Thanks for the laugh Dianne." |
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Patsy R Liles
commented on The Last Word
"Well I hadn;t time for punctuation or anything but sitting in that chair with a pack of cards before me and a child! You did a great job, Dianne. And Arggggg for the ending. As well as a hearty laugh. Leave it to kids.
Patsy Liles" |
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Adam West
commented on The Last Word
"Gross but funny anecdote. Punctuation wise you could lose a few commas. Try it and read it back and see what you think - also as a rule I write numbers as words - thanks Dianne for this wee peek into your questionable parenting of days gone by :-) Adam" |
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Diane Dickson
commented on The Last Word
"eurgh and geroooo - Don't turn your back on him, he'll get you for this - thanks for the giggle, that child will go far!! I enjoyed the humour in this. . It was very brief but actually rather like a quick one line joke so it worked well I thought. - Thanks - Diane" |
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Diane Dickson
replied to a forum thread: Book Recommendations
"LOL Paunchy!!! I so well remember my mum telling me "don't be so maungy" I think I must have been a sulky kid!! Anyway you've done it now haven't you - your entire back catalogue - hmmmm. Can't wait to get to this. It's a good job Bill's detective is so captivating or I'd be tempted to sideline him, and that's not something I often do. " |
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Adam West
replied to a forum thread: Book Recommendations
"That's how you spell maunghy is it? LOL - I'm a Yorkshiremen myself you might recall, Diane, albeit from the south of the county. Sorry, yes, as soon as I had posted my reply I relaised I had got confused (another day for me in confused-land) and you meant 'Ishi''s novel. I bet you my entire back catalogue of SB stories you love it and rate six stars out of five! But please say if you think it stinks...PS my spell-checker suggested paunchy." |
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Diane Dickson
replied to a forum thread: Book Recommendations
"Ah - 'twas the Kazuo Ishiguro one, in fact I have bought it. I have read some Atwood, Surfacing, Murder in the Dark, I have to say that I do find her writing (and I say this with the greatest respect and it is only a personal opinion) a but maungy (old Yorkshire word meaning, gloomy and miserable). I am really looking forward to the Ishiguro one. Cheers - Diane " |
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Adam West
replied to a forum thread: Book Recommendations
"Hi Diane - I know you don't 'do' sci-fi (don't think I did you any favours with my choice of PKD for the short story book group), but this Atwood story is, apart from the 'story-teller' element I mentioned, entirely non sci-fi so you should enjoy it - hope so :-) Adam" |
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Diane Dickson
replied to a forum thread: Book Recommendations
"Hi Adam, thanks for those recommendations. I have mixed feelings about Atwood although I did enjoy Oryx and Crake. The other one - I am heading over to Kindle right now to get me that one. I have just about finished my last Bill Kirton one - I really have enjoyed those - Thanks Bill. But now I need something else so that was a timely post. I'll let you know how it goes. " |
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Adam West
replied to a forum thread: Book Recommendations
"Two books I just finished to recommend - I imagine a lot of people will already know them but anyway.The Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood - my first by Atwood (I have Oryx & Crake waiting for me). This is on the literary end of what I have read to date - more similes than I generally enjoy to see on the page and yet they are unnervingly relevant to the scene, the characters and the narrative. The main body of the writing is first person - there is also third person narrative and just to make things even more interesting, another first person story-teller inventing a story for one of the main characters.I won't say too much about Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro, which I finished last night (took me just three days to read it because every time I saw laying there I had to pick it up and start reading it again) and even carried on reading the first chapter again. I just looked on Amazon and found 440 reviews: 192 five star/92 four star/58 three star/42 two star and I nearly fell off my chair laughing - 56 one star ratings. I came across the novel recently whilst reading Time magazine's 100 best books since the magazine's inception. There was an accompanying article which considered the validity of reviews in light of the internet and how anyone can review a story and there opinion is, well, valid. Of course I agree - we all have opinions, but can't imagine, however much someone disliked Never Let Me Go they could find it in their hearts/minds to give it a one star rating? I would love to hear from anyone who has read it or reads it after seeing this." |
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Thomas Mackay King
replied to a forum thread: Book Recommendations
"Just finished reading 'The Art Of Racing In The Rain" by Garth Stein lovely journey told from the dog's point of view sounds strange but is a really good read. I read 220 pages on Saturday night to get to the end dont mind sharing I laughed and cried.....now that is writing. " |
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Diane Dickson
replied to a forum thread: Book Recommendations
"Oh dear, it's amazing the problems a bra can cause ☺☺☺" |
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Thomas Mackay King
replied to a forum thread: Book Recommendations
"suggest you tweet until Saturday and I will re tweet it every time I see it Diane, by the way I'm very upset about all the trouble at the flat share..... " |
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Diane Dickson
replied to a forum thread: Book Recommendations
"Thanks so much Thomas. ☺" |
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Thomas Mackay King
replied to a forum thread: Book Recommendations
"Just re tweeted your message Diane good luck" |