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Posted by Anna on November 14, 1996 at 16:09:06:
] Those pants in some stretch cloth are no good I agree, Rebecca. Not that I mind 'body hints', but how vastly preferable are not the yellow ones after quick dress at Pemberley or the woolen white ones as Avenging angle?
] Ann2
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I agree that some of the textiles chosen for Mr Darcy's 'inexpressibles' were inadequate for the task. Besides the 'avenging angel' effect, a similar lapse in sartorial elegance was commited during Mrs Bennet's visit to Netherfield in episode one. Not to mention the look so well described as 'daggy' that we see in the double wedding.
I doubt the authenticity of the costume desginer's choice at these points - surely they didn't really walk the streets looking like that in 1812!
Anna
Posted by Ian on November 14, 1996 at 16:11:43:
] Ok, Ian, why do you Aussies refer to Australia as "Oz"? Is it just a play on the sound of the word?
] Cheryl
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G'day Cheryl,
It's a typical Aussie thing to try to shorten words to their nth degree, viz. Pom for Pommy for Pomegranate rhyming slang for immigrant. G'day is obviously a shortened form of "Good Day".
Americans shorten United States of America to USA or even US so you might understand when Australia is shortened to "Oz". :)
Posted by Dina on November 14, 1996 at 16:27:11:
Who ARE you? Do you teach this stuff? You are amazing! Boy, do I feel sheepish.
Dina
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Posted by Anna on November 14, 1996 at 16:29:55:
] ] ] While such a theory might lead to the term "impertinent", I do not think it would lead to "absurd".
] ] ] Ann
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] ] When brought down to basics, what is more absurd than that Darcy should have thought it any of his business whom Bingley married? Darcy now recognizes that his own pride had led him to the absurd conclusion that it was his responsibility to interfere at all.
] ] Joan, too
Does he? We are told in the text that Lizzy, while discussing Jane and Bingley's engagement with Darcy found that he had pretty much 'given his permission' before Bingley proposed; I don't think Darcy has completely reformed in this area.
Anna
] Austen's line is:
] "I told him of all that had occurred to make my former interference in his affairs absurd and impertinent. His suprise was great, He had never had the slightest suspicion."
] In your version, what "had occured", if not Darcy's approach of Elizabeth? Yes, Darcy had a change of heart about his interference in Bingley's life, but it is the reason for the change that he confesses to Bingley, and it is this disclosure that suprises Bingley.
] Ann
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I agree with Ann. Also, to me, all that had occured would have to include Darcy's love for Lizzy; merely admitting Darcy's interference in the Bingley-Jane affair coculd not be regarded as all, nor would it surprise Bingley. I don't believe that Darcy would have told Bingley of his hope that Bingley would come to love, and subsequently marry, Georgiana. It had not got beyond an idea, and I don't see that it would necessarily have been absurd from what we know of them.
So I continue to believe that Darcy did tell Bingley about his love for Lizzy. I like to think of it that way.
Anna
'Don't confuse me with facts; my mind is made up'
Posted by The Mysterious H.C. on November 14, 1996 at 16:35:56:
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] ] Amy
] Well, he warned me I would not be able to color them.
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Your problem was that you made the wrong colors in the images transparent (the white background should be transparent); I've detransparentized them, and these should work (but I still think I like yellow better...)
By the way, the ALT should be appropriate -- ALT=":-)" or ALT=":-(" -- better to have no ALT than a blank ALT!
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Posted by Anna on November 14, 1996 at 16:52:48:
] "I think" Colin is genetically one of those "lords of creation"- so powerfully alluring to females that they can't help "falling for him," (regardless of what their reason may tell them).
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I do find Firth as Darcy very attractive, but he does nothing for me in the other roles I've seen him in; Circle of Friends, Valmont, The Advocate. I gave up after that and went back to P&P2. For me, the acting is the most important .
Anna
Posted by Amy on November 14, 1996 at 17:20:57:
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Thanks, H. I never consciously transparentize anything anymore since I started using a white bg.
While you were playing with my stated commission I was aging down to preschool. I think I will forget all about it and worry about making the board work better.
Oh who knows.
Amy
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Posted by Cheryl on November 14, 1996 at 17:34:00:
] ] Ok, Ian, why do you Aussies refer to Australia as "Oz"? Is it just a play on the sound of the word?
] ] Cheryl
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] G'day Cheryl,
] It's a typical Aussie thing to try to shorten words to their nth degree, viz. Pom for Pommy for Pomegranate rhyming slang for immigrant. G'day is obviously a shortened form of "Good Day".
] Americans shorten United States of America to USA or even US so you might understand when Australia is shortened to "Oz". :)
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I understand, but "Oz" immediately conjures up images of yellow brick roads, scarecrows and wicked witches. I shall have to reorient my thinking when reading posts from those of you who actually live in "Oz."
Cheryl
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Posted by Amy on November 14, 1996 at 17:34:16:
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Posted by Cheryl on November 14, 1996 at 17:39:22:
] Wobbing -- Waste of bandwidth. Generally accepted to mean sending posts which have absolutely no relevance to the topic discussed, hence wasting bandwidth.
] Bernie
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Oh dear, I don't know what concerns me the most; whether to have to add another negative character trait to my list (Hi, my name is Cheryl and I frequently posts WOBs) or the fact that our dear Amy, in my eyes, Goddess Of All Things Relating To Conputers, didn't know what a WOB was either!
Shattered Cheryl
Posted by Cheryl on November 14, 1996 at 17:41:48:
] Or is there a way to split the board into 2 or more pages, so there would be a P&PBB(a) and a P&PBB(b) (or more). Each one could be kept relatively small so that the load time would be kept down, but the overall length could be maintained.
] Ann
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I like this idea, that way the threads can be maintained intact until they die a natural death and then can go to the Great Message Bin in the Sky.
Just my uninformed two cents worth!
Cheryl
Posted by Inko on November 14, 1996 at 17:45:10:
] Jane was, of course, most eager for Lizzie to find a man who would make Lizzie as happy as Bingley made her, and as per the discussion some time ago of how the word might have reached Lady C. about a Lizzie/Darcy match, both Bingley and Jane could think of nothing that would make both of them happer than to see Jane's dear sister and Bingley's dear friend united - but of course they considered that impossible because of what both of them knew (and also because of what neither of them knew) about what Lizzie and Darcy thought of one another.
] Joan, too
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Joan too, I agree with you that they both wished for such a match. And I think Bingley might have had some idea of how Darcy felt about Lizzie; Bingley was at Pemberley and why would Darcy have introduced his sister, invited them to dinner, etc. if D. hadn't been interested in her, and he could have even caught a glimpse of Darcy's "looks" but wouldn't have seen Lizzie's returning smile. Bingley might have guessed at Darcy's feelings without Darcy ever mentioning a word about Lizzie. And then Jane, of course, thought Lizzie was still indifferent about Darcy so a match was "impossible".
Inko
Posted by Hilary on November 14, 1996 at 17:46:38:
] ] Have been wracking my brain. Strike a chord with anyone?
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] Michael says he has heard of this, Amy, but like you can't remember details. Sorry.
] Hilary
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I've just found it by accident! Helen E. Fisher, 1992, 'Anatomy of Love: The Natural History of Monogamy, Adultery and Divorce', Norton, New York. Sound like the right one?
Hilary
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Posted by Lilian on November 14, 1996 at 17:49:35:
] I was wondering what everyone thought of Jeremy Northam (Mr. Knightley in the new "Emma") and how he compared to Colin Firth. (I personally think Colin is much better, but I was wondering what other people thought.
] Also, I wished to discuss the sequel to P&P, "Presumption," by Julia Barrett. I recently read it and think it stinks! But I would like other people's opinion.
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I personally love them both although I think that all JA's hero's are wonderful. It's just sooo Jane Austen-like characters.
Darcy is much more refrained than Knightley (oops MR Knightley :) ). However Knightley is supposed to be 36 and um, Jeremy as Knightley, looked much younger.
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Posted by Cheryl on November 14, 1996 at 17:52:13:
Amy, cool.
Cheryl (had to try one!)
Posted by Lilian on November 14, 1996 at 17:58:03:
] ] ] Ok, Ian, why do you Aussies refer to Australia as "Oz"? Is it just a play on the sound of the word?
] ] ] Cheryl
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] ] G'day Cheryl,
] ] It's a typical Aussie thing to try to shorten words to their nth degree, viz. Pom for Pommy for Pomegranate rhyming slang for immigrant. G'day is obviously a shortened form of "Good Day".
] ] Americans shorten United States of America to USA or even US so you might understand when Australia is shortened to "Oz". :)
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] I understand, but "Oz" immediately conjures up images of yellow brick roads, scarecrows and wicked witches. I shall have to reorient my thinking when reading posts from those of you who actually live in "Oz."
] Cheryl
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Hang on.. we do have yellow brick roads (down here in Melbourne swe have many different coloured roads), yeas we have scarecrows as well and we currently have a wicked witch named Pauline Hanson. :)
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Posted by Kali on November 14, 1996 at 18:02:24:
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] I personally love them both although I think that all JA's hero's are wonderful. It's just sooo Jane Austen-like characters.
] Darcy is much more refrained than Knightley (oops MR Knightley :) ). However Knightley is supposed to be 36 and um, Jeremy as Knightley, looked much younger.
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Yes, he did look a little young. But he's beautiful just the same. Forgive me, but I prefer JN to CF...
- K
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Posted by Kali on November 14, 1996 at 18:04:54:
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] Please don't stone me, or ban me from the list, but I think that Jeremy Northam is empirically better looking than Colin Firth, and I love Mr. Knightly and Jeremy's portrayal, but the depth, the range, the subtlety that Colin brings to Darcy, blows Jeremy out of the water, and although I love Mr. Knightly, I am in love with Darcy- no contest. As someone said earlier "You sir, are no Mr. Darcy!"
] Cheryl
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Cheryl, that's EXACTLY how I feel! I like your choice of terms: "empirically better looking." Whatever happened to the genetics thread?
- K
Posted by Hilary on November 14, 1996 at 18:07:21:
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] Some nice stereotyping of we physicists going on here (I have a B.A. in Physics and a M.S. in Engineering). But then Hilary comes up with a nice nonsequitor to break the typing. Thank you for pointing out that science types and physicist are not so narrow-minded and geekish as they are generally taken to be by the outside world. But how can you make such a statement on the liberal-mindedness of scientists in general, and then say that your beloved is unusual for his well-rounded interests. I would argue from my experience that such a well-rounded individual as your husband appears to be, is actually a normal healthy physicist, and is not in any way unusual for the breed.
] Ann
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Yes, I'm sorry, I realised when I logged off - let me plead that it was 6 in the morning! But (here I go again!) he himself, while acknowledging this about scientists in general, I think would say that physicists are often more serious in outlook than a lot of other scientists. That's a different matter again, I guess. Just goes to show we shouldn't stereotype.
Hilary
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Posted by Amy on November 14, 1996 at 18:13:20:
] I've just found it by accident! Helen E. Fisher, 1992, 'Anatomy of Love: The Natural History of Monogamy, Adultery and Divorce', Norton, New York. Sound like the right one?
] Hilary
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Bless you. But how does one run across such a thing by accident?
Amy
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