I highly recommend this film if you've ever imagined stepping back into the past. |
Friday, May 30, 2014
How To Tell If You Are In A Brontë Novel
Mallory Ortberg put together a fabulous series at The Toast. There are several fictional worlds you might find yourself relating to. My favorites are the Brontë Novel and the Austen Novel.
Friday, May 23, 2014
Saint John or SIN-jin or SIN-jun?
Whenever I see a screen adaptation of Jane Eyre, the name of St. John, Jane’s cousin, is pronounced as
one word. And I feel ignorant. It doesn’t match how I hear it in my mind. Why
is it confusing for American audiences? Go to howjsay
and enter “St. John” and you’ll hear the pronunciation in American and British
English. But there are actually two ways to pronounce this British name: Wikipedia.
So the next time you re-read Jane Eyre or read my upcoming re-release of Jane
Rochester, you can decide if St. John is Saint John, SIN-jin or SIN-jun.
You can hear how the British say St. John in the clip below.
Photo Credit: Masterpiece Theatre
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