Comments on: Quite a Husband on Not Quite a Husband by Sherry Thomas

By: Liz

Liz — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 00:24:54 +0000

I finally got around to reading NQaH, which brought me to re-read this post (and then your review . . . and then your posts on Delicious). Just wanted to say how much I enjoyed them all, and the great responses they elicited from your readers, too.

By: Sunita

Sunita — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 20:58:24 +0000

// Is the word considered insulting in the luggage-carrying context as well?//

I’m not Violet, but I’d say no, as long as you’re a non-white Hindi speaker. I don’t think it would be as neutral if it were used by foreigners. I’ve heard it used frequently at train stations, but more often to refer to the person rather than as a direct address.

ETA: Your husband sounds like a doll. For someone who claims it’s not his field, his comments are spot on. Of course, when a historian says something’s not his field, he means he’s only read the archives once, rather than a million times.

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 18:36:12 +0000

Wow. This is a great post. It also made me laugh out loud several times. Kudos to your husband for not waggling when he said missionary – mine definitely would have!

By: Jessica

Jessica — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 13:51:01 +0000

Violet wrote:

Being an Indian I can say that your husband is pretty right but then I guess you already know that.
coolie is also a word used in Hindi (national language of India) for people who take money for carrying your luggage from the train to the cab or wherever.

Violet, thank you for sharing your view. Is the word considered insulting in the luggage-carrying context as well?

Tumperkin wrote:

I’ve been saving up on reading this post till I had more than 2 mins. Just great.
I’ve not read any Boer war set romance. As wars-as-settings-for-romance go, you have to go a long way to beat the Napoleonic wars. I mean, Waterloo. Does it get better?

Actually, a Boer War romance was written in 1905:

ON THE FIRING LINE. By Anna Chapin Ray and Hamilton Brock Fuller. 12mo. Boston: Little, Brown & Co. (you can find it on google books).

This is from the NYT review:

“Assisted by Mr. Hamilton Brock Fuller, Miss Anna Chapin Ray has written a new novel, the background of which is the Boer war. Together they have made a very interesting story. Two nice, clean, stalwart, healthy Canadians journey to South Africa to enlist in active service. On the boat which carries them to their destination is a young English girl, whose home is in Cape Town.”

Ann Somerville wrote:

” I mean, Waterloo. Does it get better?”
Well, I’m a big fan of ‘Knowing me, knowing you’ personally

And with the ABBA reference, this thread has officially jumped the shark!

By: Ann Somerville

Ann Somerville — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 13:08:04 +0000

” I mean, Waterloo. Does it get better?”

Well, I’m a big fan of ‘Knowing me, knowing you’ personally

By: Tumperkin

Tumperkin — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 13:05:37 +0000

I’ve been saving up on reading this post till I had more than 2 mins. Just great.

I’ve not read any Boer war set romance. As wars-as-settings-for-romance go, you have to go a long way to beat the Napoleonic wars. I mean, Waterloo. Does it get better?

By: Violet

Violet — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 11:48:56 +0000

I really enjoyed this post. I would love to read this book.

Being an Indian I can say that your husband is pretty right but then I guess you already know that.

coolie is also a word used in Hindi (national language of India) for people who take money for carrying your luggage from the train to the cab or wherever.

By: Maya M.

Maya M. — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 04:25:23 +0000

‘They ran up the hill. They ran down the hill.’

Hahaha! I feel for your husband at that succinct yet heartless summary.

By: Carolyn Crane (CJ)

Carolyn Crane (CJ) — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 16:57:23 +0000

I just said that bc I think it’s my fault! Not to spur you on. Can’t wait for the picture.

By: Jessica

Jessica — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 15:02:46 +0000

CJ– I am sorry I have not even attempted to fix your feed. I will look at it tonight! And, our anniversary is coming up. I will post a picture of me in all my Italian American Princess (Sequins and Seed Pearl Edition) glory, I promise.