On 1/08/2025 9:25 pm, Blueshirt wrote:
Daniel70 wrote:
"Pip & Jane"?? Weren't they two of Enid Blyton's
"Famous Five" or "Secret Seven" characters??
No Pip or Jane were part of the Famous Five or Secret Seven.
(There was a Janet though... which is close.)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Secret_Seven
"The Secret Seven consists of Peter (the society's head),
Janet (Peter's sister), Pam, Barbara, Jack, Colin and George"
None of those names rings a particular Bell!!
Try again...
Hint: Doctor Who writers.
Yes, I knew that .... just trying (and FAILING) to make other
connections.
Daniel70 wrote:
On 1/08/2025 9:25 pm, Blueshirt wrote:
Daniel70 wrote:
"Pip & Jane"?? Weren't they two of Enid Blyton's
"Famous Five" or "Secret Seven" characters??
No Pip or Jane were part of the Famous Five or Secret Seven.
(There was a Janet though... which is close.)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Secret_Seven
"The Secret Seven consists of Peter (the society's head),
Janet (Peter's sister), Pam, Barbara, Jack, Colin and George"
None of those names rings a particular Bell!!
They were fairly standard names for books of that time. In my
head I had a John in there and no George, as I thought George
was only in the 'Famous Five', but I knew there was no Pip or
Jane.
Try again...
Hint: Doctor Who writers.
Yes, I knew that .... just trying (and FAILING) to make other
connections.
There was a Jane in children's books, those educational ones
they had in schools with numbers as the books got harder to
read.
On 02/08/2025 13:34, Blueshirt wrote:
There was a Jane in children's books, those educational
ones they had in schools with numbers as the books got
harder to read.
Peter and Jane, Janet and John
On 4/08/2025 5:43 pm, The True Doctor wrote:
On 02/08/2025 13:34, Blueshirt wrote:https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/68475/15-fun-facts-about-dick-and-jane
Daniel70 wrote:
On 1/08/2025 9:25 pm, Blueshirt wrote:
Daniel70 wrote:
"Pip & Jane"?? Weren't they two of Enid Blyton's
"Famous Five" or "Secret Seven" characters??
No Pip or Jane were part of the Famous Five or Secret Seven.
(There was a Janet though... which is close.)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Secret_Seven
"The Secret Seven consists of Peter (the society's head),
Janet (Peter's sister), Pam, Barbara, Jack, Colin and George"
None of those names rings a particular Bell!!
They were fairly standard names for books of that time. In my
head I had a John in there and no George, as I thought George
was only in the 'Famous Five', but I knew there was no Pip or
Jane.
Try again...
Hint: Doctor Who writers.
Yes, I knew that .... just trying (and FAILING) to make other
connections.
There was a Jane in children's books, those educational ones
they had in schools with numbers as the books got harder to
read.
Peter and Jane, Janet and John
"Once a beloved teaching tool, Dick and Jane was later denounced as
dull, counterproductive, and even misogynistic. Still, whether you loved
or hated them, there’s no denying that little Dick and Jane have earned their place in history."
However ....
"9. THERE WAS A DICK AND JANE BACKLASH IN THE LATE 1950S.
When the look-say strategy began falling out of favor, its poster kids
were vilified. In 1955, the educational manifesto Why Johnny Can’t Read championed a return to phonics-based teaching. And author Rudolf Flesch
had some choice words for Dick and Jane. The entire franchise, he
argued, was “horrible, stupid, emasculated, pointless, [and] tasteless.”
Then, finally, ....
"15. ONE AUTHOR CAME UP WITH AN EPILOGUE FOR THE FAMILY.
Education expert A. Sterl Artley joined the Dick and Jane team after
World War II. Following his retirement from academia, the scholar busied himself by hitting the road and delivering lectures prior to his death
in 1998. Audiences always asked “Whatever happened to Dick and Jane?” Artley’s standard reply was that Dick became a politician who uses the slogan “Run, Dick, run.” As for Jane, she turned into a staunch woman’s
rights advocate. Finally, grown-up Sally now teaches at—where else?—an elementary school, where, he explained, she often told her students to “Jump, children, jump.”
On 4/08/2025 9:34 pm, The True Doctor wrote:
On 04/08/2025 12:12, Daniel70 wrote:
There was no Dick and Jane. It was called Peter and Jane
and it came from the 1970s or maybe late 60s.
Maybe at your school, Aggy, but I can recall reading 'Dick and
Jane' books in the early 60's.
On 4/08/2025 9:34 pm, The True Doctor wrote:
On 04/08/2025 12:12, Daniel70 wrote:
On 4/08/2025 5:43 pm, The True Doctor wrote:
On 02/08/2025 13:34, Blueshirt wrote:https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/68475/15-fun-facts-about-dick-
Daniel70 wrote:
On 1/08/2025 9:25 pm, Blueshirt wrote:
Daniel70 wrote:
"Pip & Jane"?? Weren't they two of Enid Blyton's
"Famous Five" or "Secret Seven" characters??
No Pip or Jane were part of the Famous Five or Secret Seven.
(There was a Janet though... which is close.)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Secret_Seven
"The Secret Seven consists of Peter (the society's head),
Janet (Peter's sister), Pam, Barbara, Jack, Colin and George"
None of those names rings a particular Bell!!
They were fairly standard names for books of that time. In my
head I had a John in there and no George, as I thought George
was only in the 'Famous Five', but I knew there was no Pip or
Jane.
Try again...
Hint: Doctor Who writers.
Yes, I knew that .... just trying (and FAILING) to make other
connections.
There was a Jane in children's books, those educational ones
they had in schools with numbers as the books got harder to
read.
Peter and Jane, Janet and John
and-jane
Is this some spoof written by AI?
Not that I know, Aggy.
There was no Dick and Jane. It was called Peter and Jane and it came
from the 1970s or maybe late 60s.
Maybe at your school, Aggy, but I can recall reading 'Dick and Jane'
books in the early 60's.
On 04/08/2025 12:52, Daniel70 wrote:
On 4/08/2025 9:34 pm, The True Doctor wrote:
There was no Dick and Jane. It was called Peter and
Jane and it came from the 1970s or maybe late 60s.
Maybe at your school, Aggy, but I can recall reading 'Dick
and Jane' books in the early 60's.
Are you sure? Are you telling me they went woke and changed
Dick's name to Peter because Dick gave them sex on the brain?
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