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Post by tingramretro on Mar 15, 2017 11:04:13 GMT -5
Oh, I don't dispute that that is what it's now called. It's just not a title Agatha Christie ever put on it. Though I was surprised to learn it was apparently always the title used when it was reprinted in America. Come on, don't be coy and pedantic. Maybe some of us don't know the original title, but those of us who do are glad it was changed. If you know more than another poster, use it as an opportunity to enlighten rather than appear supercilious. I was actually trying to avoid saying the original title. Though I suppose I could have quoted the slightly less offensive second title, "Ten Little Indians".
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Post by Farrar on Mar 15, 2017 11:23:20 GMT -5
SS also reminds me of the Agatha Christie novel "And Then There Were None" Hmm, fairly certain Agatha didn't write a book with that title, actually... I deliberately used the ATHTWN title, as I did not want to use the original/other titles.
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Post by Prince Hal on Mar 15, 2017 12:07:42 GMT -5
Come on, don't be coy and pedantic. Maybe some of us don't know the original title, but those of us who do are glad it was changed. If you know more than another poster, use it as an opportunity to enlighten rather than appear supercilious. I was actually trying to avoid saying the original title. Though I suppose I could have quoted the slightly less offensive second title, "Ten Little Indians". No, you were trying to one-up somebody to show how smart you are. And he knew both of the earlier titles. Just wasn't so insecure that he felt the need to broadcast that he did. Take it somewhere else when you feel like that. We're not trying to show each other how damn smart we are. I think I speak for almost everyone.
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Post by tingramretro on Mar 15, 2017 12:16:43 GMT -5
I was actually trying to avoid saying the original title. Though I suppose I could have quoted the slightly less offensive second title, "Ten Little Indians". No, you were trying to one-up somebody to show how smart you are. And he knew both of the earlier titles. Just wasn't so insecure that he felt the need to broadcast that he did. Take it somewhere else when you feel like that. We're not trying to show each other how damn smart we are. I think I speak for almost everyone. Do you? Tell you what, why don't you take a poll on it, if it matters so much to you? What's your problem, anyway?
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Post by Prince Hal on Mar 15, 2017 12:28:58 GMT -5
No, you were trying to one-up somebody to show how smart you are. And he knew both of the earlier titles. Just wasn't so insecure that he felt the need to broadcast that he did. Take it somewhere else when you feel like that. We're not trying to show each other how damn smart we are. I think I speak for almost everyone. Do you? Tell you what, why don't you take a poll on it, if it matters so much to you? What's your problem, anyway? I just don't like pedantry. It bespeaks insecurity and snobbery, traits that should be beneath someone like you.
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Post by Farrar on Mar 15, 2017 12:38:35 GMT -5
Let's all take a deep breath and let this drop. Thanks, everyone.
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Post by Prince Hal on Mar 15, 2017 12:40:11 GMT -5
Dear mods,
Sorry if I'm violating any codes of conduct here, but I don't enjoy watching one poster jump all over another for no reason.
Farar, one of the true gentlepersons around here doesn't deserve to be snarked at, especially when we all know what the other titles were and why they're no longer used.
There's no need to get pedantic and insulting about it. And then to "correct" mgd, too? Weak.
Except that I didn't want to embarrass anyone, I would have mentioned that Farrar was absolutely correct in referring to And The There Were None as a Christie title. It is a fine example of metonymy.
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Post by tingramretro on Mar 15, 2017 12:54:30 GMT -5
Dear mods, Sorry if I'm violating any codes of conduct here, but I don't enjoy watching one poster jump all over another for no reason. Farar, one of the true gentlepersons around here doesn't deserve to be snarked at, especially when we all know what the other titles were and why they're no longer used. There's no need to get pedantic and insulting about it. And then to "correct" mgd, too? Weak. Except that I didn't want to embarrass anyone, I would have mentioned that Farrar was absolutely correct in referring to And The There Were None as a Christie title. It is a fine example of metonymy. I didn't insult anyone, or indeed attack anyone-you did, for reasons best known to yourself. And apparently are not willing to stop, either. As for the title, since Christie herself didn't use it, it is not a Christie title. And with that, I'm done.
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Mar 15, 2017 13:20:50 GMT -5
I personally find it more distasteful to whitewash history and dance around it than to face the nasty past and try to learn from it and understand it.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 15, 2017 13:33:12 GMT -5
Has anyone here read this series? It looks intriguing to me. I was hoping for an opinion on whether or not it was worthwhile. mycomicshop description:By the Wachowski Bros. & Steve Skroce Resurrected from the dead! He is the Messiah of Science who has returned to save our world from the monsters currently running it! Created by Geoff Darrow and Steve Skroce.
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Post by Crimebuster on Mar 17, 2017 11:22:26 GMT -5
HITLER!!!Okay, now that I have your attention. I was reading a Bullpen Bulletins from the mid-70's and there was this big announcement that Marvel going to put out a photo biopic magazine about hitler. I've never heard of this or seen anything of the kind. But a google suggests they did actually put it out: Anyone know anything about this?
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Post by Icctrombone on Mar 17, 2017 11:35:03 GMT -5
I personally find it more distasteful to whitewash history and dance around it than to face the nasty past and try to learn from it and understand it. I don't know why Ten Little Indians is offensive. There was a movie with that very title.
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Post by Icctrombone on Mar 17, 2017 11:36:00 GMT -5
Has anyone here read this series? It looks intriguing to me. I was hoping for an opinion on whether or not it was worthwhile. mycomicshop description:By the Wachowski Bros. & Steve Skroce Resurrected from the dead! He is the Messiah of Science who has returned to save our world from the monsters currently running it! Created by Geoff Darrow and Steve Skroce. At quick glance I thought this was Bloodshot.
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Post by Icctrombone on Mar 17, 2017 11:49:12 GMT -5
These things have to happen every 5 years or so , it clears out the bad blood...
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Post by adamwarlock2099 on Mar 17, 2017 12:24:11 GMT -5
I personally find it more distasteful to whitewash history and dance around it than to face the nasty past and try to learn from it and understand it. I don't know why Ten Little Indians is offensive. There was a movie with that very title. First time I went to an event/assembly back when my oldest was in grade school (4-5 years ago) the teacher on the mic told all the kids to sit "criss-cross apple sauce" on the gym floor until they got the event going. So I don't know what I am to suppose to be offended by anymore.
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