Posted by Ed Kiser on August 19, 2003 at 04:24:01 from 152.163.252.103 user Kisered.
In Reply to: Death and Glories "Turmot" posted by hughman@panax.com on August 19, 2003 at 03:00:19:
The word, "turmot" is used four times in BIG SIX, and is not found in any of the other eleven books of the series.
---------- BSCH1.TXT
[reference to Pete as he waggles his loose tooth...]
"And threepence coming to him when he out it, the young
turmot," said Joe.
---------- BSCH14.TXT
[reference to ROB at Ranworth...]
"And he tell the others," said Joe bitterly. "I know he tell
'em when I see him there pointing. The young turmot."
---------- BSCH15.TXT
[another reference to ROB at Ranworth...]
"He didn't know anything," said Tom. "He thought
you'd done it."
"Silly young turmot," said Bill.
---------- BSCH30.TXT
[reference to Pete, the camera operator, as Bill and Joe
wondered what happened to Pete and the camera after the FLASH...]
"Silly young turmot," said Joe. "What if he tumble in the
river getting away?"
Ed Kiser, South Florida