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 04/30/2007 08:46:37 AM · #26
Originally posted by alanfreed:
Originally posted by timlu:
Kind of stupid to have a challenge based on a author only known to the English speaking world. I thought this was an international site...


I had to look up the meaning of "Contre-jour" recently... :)


WHAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Shame on you!! And here I was thinking you knew everything. Now my whole world is shattered. What am I to do now!!!

Muuuuuuuuuuwwwwwwwwwaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!
 04/30/2007 08:52:34 AM · #27
I don't even know where to begin! Plenty of thoughts....costume shop, have my set of twin nephews as Thing 1 and Thing 2.....there are so many options for this challenge...Lets just hope I don't screw up another great idea.....lololol! ;)~
 04/30/2007 08:55:04 AM · #28
Originally posted by Judi:
WHAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Shame on you!! And here I was thinking you knew everything. Now my whole world is shattered. What am I to do now!!!


Up until that point, I thought I knew everything, too! It's a hard day for both of us...
 04/30/2007 09:24:34 AM · #29
I just scavenged my bookshelf and found "Oh, The Places You'll Go!", "I Am NOT Going to Get Up Today!", "Yertle the Turtle and Other Stories", and "The FOOT Book".

Pretty good selection considering I COMPLETELY forgot about them. I know I've read "The Cat In The Hat" and "Green Eggs and Ham" and "One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish" and a few others, but I can't find them. I also have the original(1950s I think) "How the Grinch Stole Christmas" movie and a couple of other taped mini-stories. For those who don't know the stories, go to a library or search on youtube for the old-time movies. They're definitely classics.

Just finished reading "Oh, The Placed You'll Go!" and it actually is a very good story and meaningful too 0.o
 04/30/2007 10:42:30 AM · #30
I hope Shannon (scalvert) is entering this one!!

04/30/2007 10:57:16 AM · #31
Originally posted by Melethia:
Originally posted by timlu:
Originally posted by Azrifel:

I think few outside the English speaking world have ever heard of this guy. Dr Seuss nor any of the titles of his books ring a bell for me or anyone I know.


Kind of stupid to have a challenge based on a author only known to the English speaking world. I thought this was an international site...

It's a US-based site with an international membership.


True that.

Anbd to be perfectly honest I'm shocked that Dr Seuss hasn't reached every corner of the globe. He's the most famous writer of modern childrens stories ever.
 04/30/2007 11:05:37 AM · #32
Nobody has "Horton Hears a Who?" What's wrong with you folks?

And for you non-English speakers, consider it an amazingly fun opportunity to work on your English. I'm 34 and Dr. Seuss still makes me chuckle.
 04/30/2007 11:09:25 AM · #33
Originally posted by Rankles:
...Anbd to be perfectly honest I'm shocked that Dr Seuss hasn't reached every corner of the globe. He's the most famous writer of modern childrens stories ever.


Me too, since "Dr. Seuss published 48 books which have been translated into 20 different languages making him the best-selling children's author of all time." (According to Kidsreads.com) and another reference from Drei Learning Center.

Adding that I found this statement "...with estimated sales of over 400 million copies worldwide and reprints and translations into over 30 languages..." at the end of this 2005 article. So the count may vary but that there are translations and world-wide distribution seems to be a fact.

Message edited by author 2007-04-30 11:13:44.
 04/30/2007 11:18:55 AM · #34
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 04/30/2007 11:21:19 AM · #35
lets see those icelanders win this one!

muhahhaa.
i live in orlando... wondering if i should play at universal studios' "islands of adventure" for a day ;)
 04/30/2007 11:30:42 AM · #36
Originally posted by illoosi0n:
lets see those icelanders win this one!


Haven't you read Horton Views the Northern Lights?
04/30/2007 11:32:12 AM · #37
Hehehe.
Now to wrestle my little brothers into "thing one and thing two" costumes..
Without getting grounded..
=P
 04/30/2007 11:33:37 AM · #38
Originally posted by _eug:
Nobody has "Horton Hears a Who?" What's wrong with you folks?


I had a record with "Horton Hears a Who" on one side and "The Sneetches" on the other.

The star belly sneetches had bellies with stars
The plain belly sneetches had none upon thars
 04/30/2007 11:35:31 AM · #39
Horton also sat on an egg.
=P
 04/30/2007 11:39:18 AM · #40
Don't forget The Grinch.
 04/30/2007 11:40:14 AM · #41
i know about horton! im just saying that that dr. suess is so popular here, this challenge is going to probably relate to more americans than international members. :)
 04/30/2007 11:41:58 AM · #42
Originally posted by KaDi:
Originally posted by Rankles:
...Anbd to be perfectly honest I'm shocked that Dr Seuss hasn't reached every corner of the globe. He's the most famous writer of modern childrens stories ever.


Me too, since "Dr. Seuss published 48 books which have been translated into 20 different languages making him the best-selling children's author of all time." (According to Kidsreads.com) and another reference from Drei Learning Center.

Adding that I found this statement "...with estimated sales of over 400 million copies worldwide and reprints and translations into over 30 languages..." at the end of this 2005 article. So the count may vary but that there are translations and world-wide distribution seems to be a fact.


I don't know when those translations into 30 languages were sold? In the 50's and 60's? Just read on a Dutch book site that four translations are being reprinted for the 'old fans' because it was 50 years ago (in 2006) that he did something.
He is not one of the popular writers in the last 30 years over here, I would have know as I have read a lot of books in my life and spent half my childhood in the library.


04/30/2007 11:45:07 AM · #43
Considering this site was obviously made by english speaking people, it isn't a surprise that this just happens to be a contest subject popular among americans?
There are other challenges going on too, you know.
Not like this is the only one~

Then again, I haven't seen any challenges mainly centered around people/subjects that WEREN'T in america..
But I haven't been here long.
=o
 04/30/2007 11:48:38 AM · #44
Originally posted by Azrifel:


I don't know when those translations into 30 languages were sold? In the 50's and 60's? Just read on a Dutch book site that four translations are being reprinted for the 'old fans' because it was 50 years ago (in 2006) that he did something.
He is not one of the popular writers in the last 30 years over here, I would have know as I have read a lot of books in my life and spent half my childhood in the library.


I think the worldwide popularity of Dr Seuss may be a little over estimated, even with all of the interesting translation statistics. I know that I read it to my daughter but then we were living in California at the time and it was common there. However, when we got back home to the UK a lot of my daughter's peer group were more than a little perplexed by the books :-)

Personally, I would have preferred a Beatrix Potter challenge - which really is universal after the recent film... ah! yeah - The Grinch - hmmm, well maybe not...
 04/30/2007 11:51:14 AM · #45
I love Beatrix Potter.
I learned how to read with that stuffs..
I think..
 04/30/2007 11:56:28 AM · #46
Originally posted by Beautiful-Joe:
I love Beatrix Potter.
I learned how to read with that stuffs..
I think..

I know where you are coming from on that one - Peter Rabbit has a lot of associations for me and my family :-)

Curious thought: my daughter was brought up with Beatrix Potter, Roald Dahl, Dr Seuss and Disney books, as well as the ubiquitous Seseme Street and other, UK-based children shows. Kind of cool, really.
 04/30/2007 11:57:03 AM · #47
Originally posted by Beautiful-Joe:
Considering this site was obviously made by english speaking people, it isn't a surprise that this just happens to be a contest subject popular among americans?


I am not the one saying that a Dr. Seuss challenge is unfair for non-Americans. I am just telling you that most people outside of the US, younger than 31 don't have a clue who Seuss is and what he wrote.


04/30/2007 11:58:48 AM · #48


:-)
 04/30/2007 12:01:11 PM · #49
Originally posted by obsidian:
I think the worldwide popularity of Dr Seuss may be a little over estimated, even with all of the interesting translation statistics. I know that I read it to my daughter but then we were living in California at the time and it was common there. However, when we got back home to the UK a lot of my daughter's peer group were more than a little perplexed by the books :-)

Personally, I would have preferred a Beatrix Potter challenge - which really is universal after the recent film... ah! yeah - The Grinch - hmmm, well maybe not...


Possibly his worldwide appeal is being over rated. My point is that his work is well known, widely distributed and very accessible.

According to the imdb.com there have been 17 movies produced in the last 30 years. Geisel (Seuss) has been dead for the last 15 years...yet his work is still proflifically produced.

I doubt we'd be having this discussion if the challenge topic was "John Wayne" whose last film was produced 30 years ago...and he's been dead for the last 27 years.
 04/30/2007 12:02:21 PM · #50
Originally posted by obsidian:
I know that I read it to my daughter but then we were living in California at the time and it was common there. However, when we got back home to the UK a lot of my daughter's peer group were more than a little perplexed by the books :-)

Personally, I would have preferred a Beatrix Potter challenge - which really is universal after the recent film... ah! yeah - The Grinch - hmmm, well maybe not...


I was mainly read Pinkeltje (Dick Laan, Dutch), Paulus de Boskabouter (Jean Dulieu, Dutch) and the fairytales of the Grimm brothers. Roald Dahl was the most favorite writer @ school when I was 6-9 years old. Soon after that I started to read grownup books. :)


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