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Post by SoleilFlower on Jan 24, 2004 22:28:47 GMT -5
Interesting... are there actually wild mountain lions in the United States of America? After all Mexicans are considered foreigners so why wouldn't Candians (no offense)?
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Post by Fartonolaf23 on Jan 31, 2004 15:16:21 GMT -5
I think it's supposed to be like in Oregon or Maine or one of those really northern corner states. Or else Canada but I'm pretty sure they're not in England or over in Europe or anything. Also, what year or decade or whatever is the book supposed to take place in? Judging by their clothes and the fact that in TUA all the pictures are black and white and how they're so pollite and that in the first pic. in TBB they have an old fashioned Fire Engine and they're in a carriage and everything like that I would guess like 1900-1920 or something...
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Post by StellaFantasia on Feb 13, 2004 1:58:29 GMT -5
Keep in mind that North America encompasses Canada, the US and Mexico at the very least, as well as some Central American countries. So you can still refer to xenophobia in reference to other countries in North America when you're in the United States. Personally, I think the books are meant to take place in America, but I'm American. It's good that they're vague enough to allow people from many different countries think that maybe they're taking place in theirs. Also, yes there are wild mountain lions in the US. Also, although there's been nothing said to prove that the books don't take place in Australia, there's nothing said that leads me to believe that they do. There are mountains high enough in Australia to get snow on the top, as well. I always giggle when people here (near Melbourne) talk about going "to the snow". Where I'm from (Pennsylvania), the snow comes to us.
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Post by alex on Feb 24, 2004 23:29:17 GMT -5
I seriously think the baudelaires are based in Seattle, Washington. This would explain the briny beaches and the skyscrapers. If you cross the cascade mountain range you reach an area with flat open and dusty plains, There are tumbleweeds too. We have high mountains with lots of snow and ice. We also have lots of forests. near Seattle in the mountains there is an abandoned carnival, no joke. The chimney in the cave could easily be and ancient lava flow which are plentiful in Washington. There is also many ferries in the Seattle area This would explain part of TWW [glow=blue,2,300]-Alex[/glow]
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Post by alex on Feb 24, 2004 23:31:27 GMT -5
Yes there are mountain lions in the US. I've been camping and found mountain lion tracks and scat [glow=blue,2,300]-Alex[/glow]
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Post by alex on Feb 24, 2004 23:33:26 GMT -5
Maybe i'm biased. But HELLO. Oregon is NOT a corner state. Washington is above it
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Post by Efogoto on Feb 25, 2004 0:55:00 GMT -5
Interesting... are there actually wild mountain lions in the United States of America? After all Mexicans are considered foreigners so why wouldn't Candians (no offense)? Heck, something like 80-90% of Canadians live within 100-200 miles of the U.S. border (percentage and distance vary by web site). They practically live here! P.S. I am not anti-canadian, my grandfather was born in New Brunswick, it's just a smart aleck remark.
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Post by Pucca on Feb 26, 2004 14:25:07 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... I come from the UK, and i know quite a few people who say "how do you do?" but more on a formal basis, not regular. But i've heard it being said.
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Post by Pucca on Feb 26, 2004 14:31:03 GMT -5
actually, i think Lemony doesn't actually have a tse place for the books, i think he is mixing places together, and times they were set. I suppose he didnt want to give out any details about an area, i mean, it's fiction and he wanted to ghave a wide range of ares, such as deserted hot areas, to beaches and busy towns and snowy mountains. Maybe he just mixed areas of the world up to make the stories more interestin and to make you think about it?
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Post by ŘỠßëřŦ on Feb 26, 2004 22:39:58 GMT -5
America! The movie is going to have American people in it.
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Post by FrodoSnicket on Apr 11, 2004 23:54:17 GMT -5
That hardly counts as anything. Could it be possible that Lemony just created his own sort of continent? Gasp* What about greenland? laughs*
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Post by tex mexx on Apr 12, 2004 0:03:03 GMT -5
it could be in a far off parallel dimension or Australia, the Snicket version.
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Post by JeromeSqualor on Apr 14, 2004 12:02:34 GMT -5
I think it takes place in Lithuania... ;D
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