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Elation
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i think im right in pointing these out. first off, very good book i enjoyed it quite a bit.

mistake 1) on page 290, mrs higgler is refered to as mrs higgins "Mrs. Higgins looked sullen."

mistake 2) on page 292 it seems the word little has become lickle. "Figure I'll stay dead for a lickle while."

so yea, im pretty sure i found 2 mistakes, but a wonderful book none the less.

cheers,
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i can't comment on the first, but lickle is a baby way of saying little, i used it sometimes when i'm trying to be cute.

so that may not be a mistake.


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#1 is an err, #2 is not
 
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btw Elation, if these comments were meant to be read by neil we should let you know that neil doesn't read these boards but can be contacted via his fqa on neilgaiman.com

and welcome to the boards.


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quote:
Originally posted by Elation:
yea i dont care if gaiman reads this or not, but whatever. i think i have to disagree with both of u. i cant find lickle in the dictionary, nor have i ever heard that word before. my parents are british as well, so if its a british thing, ive still never heard that word. so basicaly i dont believe it is a word. i believe its a misprint.

using the new book of knowledge dictionary.



Lickle is a word. It's taken from Jamaican English and is a corruption of little. It's really very very common in spoken English. And is not a misprint, whatever your beliefs may be.






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To back these two British posters up, check out their prior usage of the word.

Also, the definition found in a Jamaican glossery.


from the Oxford English Dictionary, aka THE Dictionary, Second Edition 1989 :

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little, a., adv., and n.

Forms: 1 lýtel, lítel, Northumb. lyttil, (lýtl-, lítl-), 2-3 lutel, lut(t)l-, lit(t)l-, 3 lutil, luttel, leitel, 3-5 luytel, litelle, -ul, 3-6 lit(t)el, litell, 4 luitel, littil, lytille, -ulle, 4-5 lytul, 4-6 lytel, -il, -yll, litil(l, littill, -ell, 4-7 litle, 5 litull(e, -ille, -yll, littull, lytyle, -elle, 5-6 lyt(t)ell, lyttyll, lytill, -yl(le, 6 lyt(t)le, lyttil, lytel, lityll, (laytell, lickell, 7 lickle), 6- little. See also LEETLE.

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edit : *shrug?*

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"neil doesn't read these boards"


Wow... there goes the MAJOR reason for posting here... Even Guy Kay frequents HIS official message board...

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