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Post by cwm3 on Jul 15, 2003 11:48:22 GMT -5
It's like The Simpsons--they give us tips and hints, but never directly tell us. I still stand by my word that both the Quags and Bauds are British, and were shipped over to America.
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Post by pixie ears on Jul 20, 2003 21:15:59 GMT -5
How do you know they are in fact in the U.S. right now?
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Post by CountQuagmire on Jul 21, 2003 13:54:17 GMT -5
Snicket's Americian, so it'd kinda make sense.
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Post by negativenine on Jul 21, 2003 14:00:58 GMT -5
Yeah, Snicket uses American spelling and when the characters speak they don't use any particularly British words, unlike Harry Potter characters. I've always assumed because of that they were American.
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Post by Misery on Jul 22, 2003 12:57:43 GMT -5
Yeah. They never say anything like "I'll have that bloody fortune if it's the last thing I do!"
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Post by Pester, Rumormonger on Jul 22, 2003 22:19:13 GMT -5
Snicket confuses the whole thing with references to the Duchess of Winnipeg (not the poster) and the King of Arizona.
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Post by negativenine on Jul 22, 2003 22:59:58 GMT -5
Well, the titles are ridiculous, but both of those are in North America, so it kinda supports the U.S. theory.
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Post by Pester, Rumormonger on Jul 22, 2003 23:50:41 GMT -5
I thought Winnipeg was in Canada.
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Post by Pester, Rumormonger on Jul 24, 2003 22:25:14 GMT -5
From The Ersatz Elavator: "I would have thought that you three would be far too sensible to be xenophobes. After all, Violet, Galileo came from a country in Europe, and he invented the telescope. Would you be afraid of him? ... And Klaus, surely you've heard of the writer Jurinchiro Tanizaki, who came from a country in Asia. Would you be afraid of him? ... And Sunny, the sharp-toothed mountain lion can be found in a number of countries in North America. Would you be afraid if you met a mountain lion?" Maybe they're Australian. A xenophobe, for those who don't remember is someone who is afraid of foreigners.
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Post by negativenine on Jul 24, 2003 23:06:43 GMT -5
Yeah... that North America comment sure puts a dent in my theory. Maybe the keywords are "countries in North America" *desperately tries to find loop holes* And, uh... has anybody noticed "Caligari" is very close to "Calgary"? *nervous laughter* Australian. Now that's a different one.
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Post by Pester, Rumormonger on Jul 24, 2003 23:11:26 GMT -5
It's the only english speaking place left. Plus, I'm ignorant enough about Australia that I can't think of anything that goes against it. Except for the lack of cold places with slippery slopes. The hinterlands could even be another name for the outback.
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Post by negativenine on Jul 25, 2003 14:18:08 GMT -5
But wouldn't there be some kind of difference in the speech if they were Australian?
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Post by Pester, Rumormonger on Jul 25, 2003 20:55:00 GMT -5
But wouldn't there be some kind of difference in the speech if they were Australian? They do talk sort of like Americans, but really proper ones. Not including Sunny, that is.
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Post by negativenine on Jul 25, 2003 22:04:48 GMT -5
Yeah.. they say "how do you do?" I don't know many Americans who say that on a regular basis. Do Australians say "how do you do?", though? Does anybody say "how do you do?" anymore? Maybe that's just an imaginary time and place thing...
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Post by Keya on Aug 26, 2003 18:44:11 GMT -5
maybe the keywords are "countries in north america".. hm, austrailia.. maybe. Austrailia is near New Zealand and it gets cold there.. right? I mean they filmed LOTR there.. I agree.
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