Posted by Peter Ceresole on June 05, 2004 at 14:07:17 from 80.177.22.49 user PeterC.
In Reply to: 'Jolly' posted by Pam Adams on June 04, 2004 at 23:33:19:
Is it my imagination, or is the word 'jolly' used more in PM then in any other book in the canon?
Oh Pam, that *was* a red rag to the Ed, wasn't it? And the resulting analysis was extemely interesting.
SW being *so* high on the 'Jolly' count is fascinating. Without re-reading the whole book (not just now) I wonder how they split between the meanings of 'This is very jolly' and 'That's jolly good'. The first useage would be extra-polite and innocuous. I wonder if the jolly-count is raised by their having tea and conversations with the Missionaries- who, as you remember, weren't fooled.