Sexy Jane Eyre(PART 1)
I hope you enjoyed
jogging along the seawall.
From Kato
From: barclay1720@aol.com
To: diane03760@vancouver.ca
Date: Sat, May 28, 2011 4:14 pm.
Hi, Diane.
How's it going?
I'm glad to know that your coughing is gone, and that you're in a nice shape as well as a good health.
I missed you yesterday. Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha,...
I've eventually viewed several episodes of the 1983 "Jane Eyre" adaptation DVD.
As usual, I've written another story.
Please click the following link:
■"Jane Eyre in Vancouver"
(May 28, 2011)
...hope you'll enjoy it.
Have a nice day!
Ciao with a lot of love.
Kato
Jane Eyre
It is a famous and influential novel by English writer Charlotte Brontë.
It was published in London, England, in 1847 by Smith, Elder & Co. with the title Jane Eyre.
An Autobiography under the pen name "Currer Bell," the "autobiography's" supposed editor.
The first American edition was released the following year by Harper & Brothers of New York.
Charlotte Brontë
SOURCE:
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
PICTURES: From the Denman Library
I'm most interested in the above scene from Episode Two.
Are you saying, Jane was accused of being a slattern?
Well...the girl is Jane in the above picture. I simply doctored the picture by changing the word. Actually, Helen, Jane's best friend, was scorned. To tell you the truth, I dind't know the exact meaning of the word, although I knew by intuition that the word had something to do with derogative nature.
Slattern
1. slattern, n. and adj.
A woman or girl untidy and slovenly in person, habits, or surroundings; a slut.
2. slattern, v.
To fritter or throw away (time, opportunity, etc.) by carelessness or slovenliness....
SOURCE: "Oxford English Dictionary"
So, Kato, did you get most interested in the above word?
No, not really... I was a little bit shocked by the following picture.
I thought that "slut" was one of the most despicable words to describe a woman.
Yes, it is.
Diane, do you really think that a slattern is the same as a slut?
Well..., a sattern is a physically untidy woman while a slut is a morally dirty woman.
I see... Interesting!
Kato...is this what you've learned from the "Jane Eyre" DVD?
Oh, no...this is just one of many things I've learned from the film so far. Mind you, I haven't seen all the episodes yet. I'll tell you the most memorable scenes later.
Well..., I'm looking forward to hearing those.
Words are living like you and me.
From Diane
From: diane03760@vancouver.ca
To: barclay1720@aol.com
Date: Sat, May 28, 2011 4:26 pm.
Wow! Thanks, Kato ... fascinating information; glad you finally had an opportunity to view the film and glad you liked it!
I am vaguely familiar with the word "slattern", but expect it's one of those old-fashioned words that has fallen out of favour.
Probably we'd now say "messy" or "unkempt" or "shabby".
Interesting how words come in and out of vogue, isn't it?!
Nice to see I was missed yesterday; was invited to a dinner party in Kerrisdale.
We sat on the deck, drank lovely wine and had chicken gumbo for dinner.
Awesome.
Nice change from westend living ...
Thanks again for sending this,
Love, Diane ~
As you said, Diane, words sometimes become out of favor or obsolete.
Yes, they do.
The "Jane Eyre" book was published in 1847---about 160 years ago. So, there are quite a few unfamiliar words used in the book.
Like what?
Read the following sentence.
Ere I permitted myself to request an explanation, I tied the string of Adèle's pinafore, which happened to be loose: having helped her also to another bun and refilled her mug with milk, I said, nonchalantly:-
SOURCE: Chapter 17, "Jane Eyre"
"Ere" is a preposition meaning "before." I've never used it in my whole life.
Is that right?
And I've never seen a "pinafore" in my whole life. Nor have I used a colon(:) in my writing.
'Cause English is your second language, I suppose. I've seen the word (pinafore) many times---if not everyday.
Pinafore
Pinafores may be worn by girls as a decorative garment and by both girls and women as a protective apron. A related term is pinafore dress, which is British English for what in American English is known as a jumper dress, i.e. a sleeveless dress intended to be worn over a top or blouse. A key difference between a pinafore and a jumper dress is that the pinafore is open in the back. In informal British usage however, a pinafore dress is sometimes referred to as simply a pinafore, which can lead to confusion.
The name reflects that the pinafore was formerly pinned (pin) to the front (afore) of a dress. The pinafore had no buttons, was simply "pinned on the front" which led to the term "pinafore."
Pinafores are often confused with smocks. Some languages do not differentiate between these different garments. The pinafore differs from a smock in that it does not have sleeves and there is no back to the bodice. Smocks have both sleeves and a full bodice, both front and back.
Smock
SOURCE: Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
(Picture from the Denman Library)
So, Kato, you were surprised to know that your vocabulary consisted of only modern words, weren't you?
You're telling me, Diane. And you know what?
Tell me.
When I read the following passage, I was almost shocked to death.
(To be continued)