July 2012
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Olympics Opening Ceremonies
From what I’ve heard, they crammed every possible British thing into the opening ceremonies. I managed to catch, among other awesome things, the absolutely glorious appearance of Mr Bean(!!!).
But I was too tired to watch the program in its entirety… can anyone tell me if there were any references to Dickens? And if there were, any chance you could link me?
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Sublime Effervescence: Middle School students on... →
sublimeeffervescence:
So, I teach an after school/ summer English class at a tutoring center and for my own sick humor I am making my students read Great Expectations
These are some of their comments, presented with grammatical mistakes intact:
“One of the main problems in the book is probably the language. It’s too old and so are the object. Who would know what a jack-towel is? it’s useful...
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Dickensian
gwendolenwilde:
Of or reminiscent of the novels of Charles Dickens, esp. in suggesting the poor social conditions or comically repulsive characters that they portray
I have always had a love of the English language. Dickensian is one of my favourite words, and I think it should be more widely known.
Words are your friends, children. Use them well.
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gordongrayson asked: Ugh, yes. I finally found a Dickens-centric blog! Kudos!!
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“That constant pacing to and fro, that never-ending restlessness, that incessant...”
– The Old Curiosity Shop, chap. 1
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“My meaning is, that no man can expect his children to respect what he degrades.”
– Charles Dickens (Martin Chuzzlewit)
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dickensian-dandy asked: Thank you indeed for an exceedingly good blog. cheers Georgie
