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How about writers that incorrectly quote aphorisms? I'd complain more about it, but the point is mute.
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05-03-2018, 12:12 PM | #34 |
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One that doesn't bother me is 'to the manor born'. It is wrong. the correct phrase is 'to the manner born', but 'manor' manages to communicate the same message, unlike a point being mute.
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I liked To the Manor Born though I think my son was a touch out of it when he gave me the complete series on DVD a couple of Christmases back.
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Putting together an elderly ebook for the Library recently, I came across reference to a mysterious handgun type, to wit, an "automatic revolver".
An amazing number of writers of action/crime stories in the olden days (my youth) don't seem to know anything about guns. (At least I know what a Walther PPK is, and what PPK stands for. And what makes it different from a Walther PP.) Movie makers often don't know either. I recall years ago watching a US Civil War western where the guys were all toting Colt Peacemakers, which were introduced in 1873. And a world war 2 movie set in North Africa, in which the officer's staff car was a 1949 Ford. With whitewall tyres. |
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I ran across one recently where the murder victim, an orphan, was a boy who was an Hon. I kept thinking that the resolution of the story would have something to do with inheriting the title the honorific derived from, but no. Well into the book it was stated that he had no living relatives other than a maternal uncle.
Not possible. And this was a Golden Age mystery where the author really, really must have known better. Last edited by issybird; 02-02-2019 at 07:13 AM. |
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As for "automatic revolvers" there really was such a thing. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automatic_revolver Quote:
Depending on the story and the time period, the author might have done his homework properly...or just been careless in his phrasing. Hard to tell. |
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Next time you watch Sergeant York (1941 Howard Hawk movie starring Gary Cooper) watch the scene he empties his rifle and does not have time to reload.He pulls out his pistol and kills the German Soldiers charging him. The pistol in Gary Coopers hand is a German Luger P-08. Alvin York carried a Colt M1911 during WWI. Also Gary Cooper is shooting a Springfield 1903 during battle. Alvin York was actually issued a US version of the British Lee Enfield rifle.
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He did carry a 1911. He emptied his rifle and, if I remember correctly, 6 Germans charged him thinking they could overrun him before he reloaded. He popped up with his 1911 and fired 8 times killing all 6. He was also a Corporal at the time, but he was called Sergeant more than once, while clearly wearing Corporal insignia.
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I have to say, amateurish spelling and grammar errors and finding out that the author is a major jerk. Both happened to me regarding a certain well-known indie author recently.
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Automatic revolver.
Could have been a Webley-Fosbury then, introduced 1901. The time period fits. I have heard the name Webley-Fosbury as a pistol before, but in the book it was un-named. Obviously the extra complication and weight wasn't worth the advantage offered by automatic cocking and revolving of the cylinder, because they never made the mainstream. Author 1, me 0. |
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