This is just a genuine query that has me truly and utterly flabbergasted. in an episode from 2009, the panelists were, Paul Merton, Kit Hesketh-Harvey, Gyles Brandreth and Shappi Khorsandi, and there was a subject about American author F. Scott Fitzgerald, but the subject on the card was simply 'Scott Fitzgerald'. This is just confusing because I read 'The Great Gatsby' in college and he has always been called 'F. Scott Fitzgerald' but yet the people on Just a Minute drop the F like it never existed. Its printed on all his bloody books 'F. Scott Fitzgerald', so I'm curious as to what kind of illiterate moron decided to drop the first initial from the name of one of the greatest authors in American history?
I mean, we in the states don't refer to J.K. Rowling as simply 'Rowling'? So what the hell is going on? I mean, surely if F. Scott Fitzgerald truly is one of Christopher Nicholas Parsons' favorite authors, then why didn't he raise a big stink about the fact that someone left the first initial off of the man's name?
I mean for someone that goes to great lengths to make grammatical alterations to 'What I Got For Christmas' and change to 'What I Was Given For Christmas', it just seems odd that he would let something like this slide.
I would understand that if that had actually happened, but it didn't. There have been times over the years when someone historical was on the card and while one or two panelists will actually talk about that individual in their proper historical context, there will also be someone that will go off and talk about someone they claim to know personally that happens to have the same name. I seem to recall something similar many years ago, I believe in the late 1960's when the subject was 'Benjamin Franklin' and they mentioned him as an American President (which he wasn't) and also made reference to the fact that he was also apparently someone that played cricket or was a bowler (in the context that he was the pitcher in the game of cricket). --- On Sat, 3/13/10, Don Judge <don@...> wrote:
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--- In just-a-minute@..., "Bobby" <bobbyshaddoe3004@...> wrote:
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> This is just a genuine query that has me truly and utterly flabbergasted... I'm curious as to what kind of illiterate moron decided to drop the first initial from the name of one of the greatest authors in American history?
On Sun, Mar 14, 2010 at 4:40 PM, kj.naughton <kj.naughton@...> wrote:If this *is* a genuine query, then the only answer can be "the type of illiterate moron that works for the BBC". However if, as seems likely, it's an observation to post a message containing another dig at Nicholas Parsons then I shall assume it was a rhetorical question.
My reaction to your continuous attacks on Nicholas Parsons has varied from mild amusement to mild annoyance. I have no strong feelings either way on Nicholas. However now you've decided to combine this with the multiple expletives contained in the original post, I've now added you to my blocked email address list. Replying to me is pointless - I won't receive it.
kJ
--- In just-a-minute@..., "Bobby" <bobbyshaddoe3004@...> wrote:
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> This is just a genuine query that has me truly and utterly flabbergasted... I'm curious as to what kind of illiterate moron decided to drop the first initial from the name of one of the greatest authors in American history?
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