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Pedantic, I know

...but I removed the statement that "Tressell" was a pun on the trestle table. It isn't a pun - puns rely on soundalikes to provide humour. It's a reference though - like bashem and grinder. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.96.164.105 ( talk) 01:09, 6 March 2008 (UTC) reply

"Homophones are often used to create puns."

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2A00:23C5:B382:B301:8826:FD66:2AC5:475 ( talk) 23:20, 15 October 2019 (UTC) reply

Adaptations

The text about the Tom MacLennan version included the sentence: "The adaptation was unusual because of its small cast -six actors playing all main characters." This is true neither of stage adaptations of Tressell's novel (Stephen Lowe's version was written for seven actors), nor of theatre adaptations in general. Skeowsha ( talk) 22:50, 17 October 2011 (UTC) reply

Alan Price started as Owen in very powerful TV series that was produced in the 1970's. All reference to this series seems to have disappeared. It's not even referenced in Alan Price's 'Wiki' page. I know the series existed, and I know other people who remember watching it - but all reference to it on the internet has disappeared. It's like something out of 1984 where inconvenient piece's of history are removed. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2.28.11.100 ( talk) 08:18, 19 July 2024 (UTC) reply

George Orwell

Further to the reference (4.) that mentions Orwell's regard for this novel. In chapter three of "Keep the Aspidistra Flying", that Orwell's novel mentions that Gordon Comstock as a budding schoolboy poet and an associated tendency to his being "unreasonable", had become enchanted by the tale of the "starving carpenter who pawns everything but sticks to his aspidistra ... flower of England." 120.17.156.236 ( talk) 07:28, 12 January 2023 (UTC) reply

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Pedantic, I know

...but I removed the statement that "Tressell" was a pun on the trestle table. It isn't a pun - puns rely on soundalikes to provide humour. It's a reference though - like bashem and grinder. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.96.164.105 ( talk) 01:09, 6 March 2008 (UTC) reply

"Homophones are often used to create puns."

/info/en/?search=Homophone

2A00:23C5:B382:B301:8826:FD66:2AC5:475 ( talk) 23:20, 15 October 2019 (UTC) reply

Adaptations

The text about the Tom MacLennan version included the sentence: "The adaptation was unusual because of its small cast -six actors playing all main characters." This is true neither of stage adaptations of Tressell's novel (Stephen Lowe's version was written for seven actors), nor of theatre adaptations in general. Skeowsha ( talk) 22:50, 17 October 2011 (UTC) reply

Alan Price started as Owen in very powerful TV series that was produced in the 1970's. All reference to this series seems to have disappeared. It's not even referenced in Alan Price's 'Wiki' page. I know the series existed, and I know other people who remember watching it - but all reference to it on the internet has disappeared. It's like something out of 1984 where inconvenient piece's of history are removed. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2.28.11.100 ( talk) 08:18, 19 July 2024 (UTC) reply

George Orwell

Further to the reference (4.) that mentions Orwell's regard for this novel. In chapter three of "Keep the Aspidistra Flying", that Orwell's novel mentions that Gordon Comstock as a budding schoolboy poet and an associated tendency to his being "unreasonable", had become enchanted by the tale of the "starving carpenter who pawns everything but sticks to his aspidistra ... flower of England." 120.17.156.236 ( talk) 07:28, 12 January 2023 (UTC) reply


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