Ken Valentine Wrote:EXACTLY!
I don't at the moment remember which book it was in (blast my memory) but when he was stressed, Abe lost his accent and fell back to using standard English. So you're right, it is an affectation.
Ken V.
Unfortunately (for me, I guess), I'm finding it to be more irksome and more noticeable as time goes on.
Reading is freedom.
The mind soars, no earthly cares,
no limitations.
A Maggers Haiku, 2005
Years ago my mother used to say to me... "In this world, Elwood, you can be oh so smart or oh so pleasant."
Well, for years I was smart.
I recommend pleasant.
You may quote me.
Elwood P. Dowd
Ken Valentine Wrote:EXACTLY!
I don't at the moment remember which book it was in (blast my memory) but when he was stressed, Abe lost his accent and fell back to using standard English. So you're right, it is an affectation.
Ken V.
When he met Scarlip maybe? I don't know if I would have been speaking proper English, but his appearance would definatly change my normal, everyday speach. No doubt about it.
KRW Wrote:When he met Scarlip maybe? I don't know if I would have been speaking proper English, but his appearance would definatly change my normal, everyday speach. No doubt about it.
You know . . . I'm not even sure that Abe was stressed. The impression I have is that he and Jack were together, with no one else around.
Damn! There's a little bell ringing in the back of my mind somewhere . . . unfortunately, there's no one home to answer it.
Ken V.
Ken Valentine Wrote:You know . . . I'm not even sure that Abe was stressed. The impression I have is that he and Jack were together, with no one else around.
Damn! There's a little bell ringing in the back of my mind somewhere . . . unfortunately, there's no one home to answer it.
Ken V.
It could have been when Jack told Abe about his sister or perhaps his dad.
Reading is freedom.
The mind soars, no earthly cares,
no limitations.
A Maggers Haiku, 2005
Years ago my mother used to say to me... "In this world, Elwood, you can be oh so smart or oh so pleasant."
Well, for years I was smart.
I recommend pleasant.
You may quote me.
Elwood P. Dowd
Maggers Wrote:It could have been when Jack told Abe about his sister or perhaps his dad.
You know . . . this is going to really bother me.
Oh well, it's about time I reread the entire series again anyway.Ken V.
Ken Valentine Wrote:You know . . . this is going to really bother me.I've got that bell thing going off too -- something happens and Abe drops the Yiddish stuff... Where, why? Remember that Abe is an educated man, a scholar even. In Infernal, isn't Abe the one who puts Jack in contact with some acient history Prof? He laments about Abe wasting his intellect. Yep, time to read again.
Ken V.
You really only need three things: WD-40, Duct Tape, and a pointy stick. If it's supposed to move and doesn't, use the WD-40. If it moves and isn't supposed to, use the Duct Tape. If you want it to move and it doesn't want to, use the pointy stick. The rest of life is easy.
Pleiades Wrote:... some ancient history Prof?...
And did you know the professor of dead languages, Professor Buhmann, is named after our very own Marc B., director of the soon to be released (sometime soon, we hope) "Dead in the Water." How cool is that?
Reading is freedom.
The mind soars, no earthly cares,
no limitations.
A Maggers Haiku, 2005
Years ago my mother used to say to me... "In this world, Elwood, you can be oh so smart or oh so pleasant."
Well, for years I was smart.
I recommend pleasant.
You may quote me.
Elwood P. Dowd
jaybird Wrote:I dont really have a problem with Abe. He seems like an O.K. sort of guy.I feel a kindship with him. We are both stuck in the past. I wonder if he has any 80's cassettes he would want to trade. Im sure in his bombshelter of a store there might be a few long lost albums.
Abe is my favorite character in the series (not counting Jack).
Maggers Wrote:Hey you young whippersnapper, watch who you're calling old! Abe's my age. :eek:
My dad will be 50 in two weeks. For some reason Abe seems more like a 70 something to me.