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Sep 07, 2011 07:33AM
I have no idea but give me a sentence with one in it and i'll look in my book and see if that gives us a clue
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I haven't noticed any in mine...I read it months ago.
I assumed that too Patti. They seemd to occur where you would expect an exclamation. Maybe it's an Irish exclamation? Begorrah!
I've never heard a real irish person say Begorrah!
is that the proper name for a euro sign?? My laptop doesnt have the actual sign so i cant type it :o(
€ - on mine its AltGr 4
Gingerlily wrote: "I've never heard a real irish person say Begorrah!"I've never heard a real Scot say 'the noo' either, and I worked with a lovely Scottish boss for 5 years.
We English are rarely heard to say 'Tinkety-tonk old fruit' either - but, ne'mind eh?
I've heard a scottish person say "the noo" but i've never heard an irish person say "top of the morning to you" (except when someone asked them to) and i lived in Ireland
Ok - how am I getting on? the thread asks.Well, I've finished it. I often thought about reading an Atremis Fowl book to see what it was all about. I still don't know why he's got a girlie name!
If it hadn't been a group read there's a possibility I wouldn't have finished it. I found it all a bit too much of a muchness. Another problem I had is that to enjoy a book fully I have to empathise with at least one of the characters and they weren't 'real' to me.
It is very popular with young people and I can see why. It's the sort of fiction where you need to suspend your disbelief - I have to do that with quite a lot of Real Life at my age!
Nevertheless, I like to try something different and I'm glad I read it. Thanks Jud for suggesting it. Not easy trying to pick something for a group as diverse as we are.
I finished it too and i love it (not going to pick a book i don't like though am i?), but then i read it for the first time when i was just a little older than the targeted age group so maybe thats why. Glad so many people have at least attempted to read it and understand that its not to everyone's taste but that was kind of why I choice it, thought it would be good to try something different that most people wouldnt usually have gone for.
Jud (judder) wrote: "I have no idea but give me a sentence with one in it and i'll look in my book and see if that gives us a clue"Hiya Jud , heres one € on the Kindle copy its the next to last page of chapter 3
Root nearly popped a vein.
'Four €,' Four years? It's a wonder you lasted this long!
As there was a proper question mark and a proper exclamation mark I just puzzled a bit as to what the € could be, but its not vital to the plot ;o)
gah! i dont have the book with me today but i'll have a look when i get home. must just be a formatting error or something
I've just started this today - I've borrowed my niece's copy - she very kindly brought it over as they are here to visit my dad in hospital.PS In this copy the quote from Lynne says "Four...Four years?"
€ yay! (thanks Gingerlily) anyway € must mean ... wonder why its come out like that on the kindle
Tried the samplle and clicked. Seems alright - hope I like it better than Harry Potter.
Well, I finished it today. I did struggle with it though. I think like Ingnite I'd have enjoyed it more if there had been a character to empathise with. I found it a bit irritating and tedious for at least the first half of the book. I know it is a children's book, but I've read and enjoyed children's books - eg Keys of the Kingdom, Dark Materials, and Percy Jackson. A friend recommended Artemis Fowl a while ago, but I never got around to it until it was picked for this club. The last third of the book picked up the pace a bit though, and was a much better read. Oh, and I'm Scottish (though lived in England since I was 4), and I say "the noo", as did both my Glaswegian parents.
Susan wrote: "Oh dear, that doesn't bode well."Each to their own - plenty of people have enjoyed it. Maybe it was because I have a couple of books I'm really looking forward to reading, and went for this first because it was the "club read" and I wanted to get it read.
Read a bit more, and it seems ok. Think I'll persevere, after all it's a childrens' book, and I'm a child at heart (or is that second childhood!).
Finished it & niece has returned home taking her book with her. She asked if I'd enjoyed it & I told her that it was OK but I didn't like Artemis at all. Apparently he improves over the rest of the books. She then said " I enjoyed them when I read them - but I was younger then" (she is 16 :) )
Well, I thought I was over the hill when I hit 17!
I'm about to hit 46 and I'm still no-where near the top of the hill yet! Some day I suppose I'll grow up but no sign of it happening yet...
Growing old is mandatory. Growing up is optional.
Been away for the last 10 days so missed reading here. I have this in my extensive to be read folder! so this will push me into reading it next. Looks like one I will enjoy.
Thank you Patti....been down to Cornwall visiting parents, had a lovely time!
I read this some time ago and have to say I preferred the sequel.
I've read three of the Artemis Fowl books and have to say that I enjoyed them. I like books meant really for children as well as adult ones.I read for entertainment and escape so I like fantasy novels.
Finished this morning.Although this is a kid's book and not my usual genre for some reason I found I had to concentrate more than I usually would while reading it.I kept thinking I had missed some important detail especially during the rather too descriptive technical sequences then I would check back to find that I hadn't.I will save the rest of my comments for one of the other threads in case they spoil the plot.
Started this last night and so far I like it. I do enjoy fantasy though, so I am not surprised! Looking forward to getting stuck into it again tonight.
I'm really struggling with Artemis. Maybe my mind is on other things. I'm about a third of the way in so perhaps it's too early to make a judgment yet.
Finished it last night and off to the other thread now! lol
