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Post by Shelly on Jul 27, 2005 19:38:36 GMT -5
Yikes!
I never thought that Sunny swore at Mr Poe in French!
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Post by Sugary Snicket on Jul 28, 2005 12:01:29 GMT -5
That's actually kinda funny, when you think about it. I mean, think, shelly247, if you hated someone that much, wouldn't you swear at 'em?
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Post by deadlight on Aug 9, 2005 12:43:39 GMT -5
I would congratulate Sunny were she in the room right now.
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Post by violetfd on Aug 9, 2005 15:03:18 GMT -5
She seems to seak a lot of languages except English. She only said a few in inglish like "No sit" or "Bug" or the few real words in her vocabulary, such as bottle, mommy, and bite. ps: she's a baby! she didn't know! |
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Post by iliketotypewrite on Aug 18, 2005 10:17:52 GMT -5
OH MY FREAKIN' GOSH! SUNNY IS A VERY NAUGHTY GIRL.
BUT I'LL GET OVER IT.
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Post by Sugary Snicket on Aug 18, 2005 13:59:51 GMT -5
iliketotypewrite, although swearing is, too, against my moral standards, think for five seconds. If you knew someone who kept putting you in unpleasent and often uncomfortable circumstances, wouldn't you get mad enough to swear at 'em?
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Post by LBeall on Aug 24, 2005 9:15:41 GMT -5
Don't all the different languages in Sunny's vocabulary just make these books that much more fun linguistically? She has to grow out of biting sometime, after all.... Perhaps this will be her "special talent"--the born interpretor!
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Post by Sugary Snicket on Aug 25, 2005 9:34:08 GMT -5
Sunny the interpretor...... That has a bit of a ring to it.
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Post by Ceara on Aug 28, 2005 11:05:31 GMT -5
That actully would make a lot of sense. We haven't heard or know of a volunteer/villian who specializes in languages. But either way, it's still rather clever of Handler.  |
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Post by idiotj on Aug 28, 2005 23:00:55 GMT -5
Cooking, biting AND interpreting? I think cooking is her more "adult" habit, and all languages are not from Sunny but from Daniel Handler. They don't have anything to do with Sunny, the books or her character, just clever little references. Of course, Sunny is clever, and Handler's characters are Handler's characters in Handler's world and stuff.
Though whether it's Handler or Sunny or half and half, most people are looking too far into what it's supposed to be.
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Post by Eye Of The Count on Aug 30, 2005 1:22:32 GMT -5
She's a lil devil!
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Post by Sugary Snicket on Aug 30, 2005 15:07:34 GMT -5
Yes, but she's a cute devil. At least the way I imagined her. Adorible lil' anime girl with huge shark chompers. Soooo cute!!!!
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Post by mrskennedy on Sept 10, 2005 0:51:24 GMT -5
Also keep in mind, all, that the books, if I am not mistaken take place in Europe, where Violet is old enough to drink, and Klause is old enough to buy cigarettes. What a backward place Europe is. Also consider that Sunny probably learned French and the other languages from her siblings, or even her teachers, as foriegn language classes start in the third grade over there. If any one here is from Europe, I mean no offense. This is the product of an inferrior education
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Post by Dante on Sept 10, 2005 2:57:59 GMT -5
The books, as far as we can tell, have no real setting. Also, it would be a mistake to generalise all of Europe, as the laws change between different countries. Neither Violet nor Klaus would be old enough to buy cigarettes or alcohol in England, for example (one has to be 16 and 18, respectively). I don't know about any other European countries - they need to have a big website somewhere which lists the required ages for stuff in each country. It'd be very convenient for comparisons.
Edit: And nobody taught me foreign languages until the equivalent of Sixth Grade, but that would change between schools.
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Post by Antenora on Sept 10, 2005 7:29:51 GMT -5
I think Sunny picked up French from her parents. This is a bit of a stretch, but: Baudelaire is a French name, so the children are probably of French ancestry, and their parents might have spoken French in the house. So, Sunny might have heard them swear in French at some point, and being an impressionable youngster she picked it up.
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