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Originally Posted by JSWolf
One thing that does bother me is certain words that take me out of the book.
I know the book I am reading is an old book. It's copyright 1934.
The words so far are (and some don't mean what you may think).
- ejaculated
- thank-offering
- hare
The book is A Man Lay Dead by Ngaio Marsh. |
Yeah, Jon, sorry, but I read a LOT of Golden Age stuff and I see those all the time. It's right up there with "inculpated," which was commonplace in the early 19th Century but has fallen into disuse now.
And yes, Watson did cause Holmes to ejaculate often!
Hitch