Talk:Just William

message: Mention may be made of William's atrocious spelling when framing letters, signboards etc. "Cokernut" for coconut is a typical example. Perhaps the only time William writes a letter more or less correctly is in the "Begging Letter" episode, that too because he copies out another letter verbatim. William's dog Jumble deserves special mention, especially with reference to his master's grand plans for him. Some other staple William characters are the retired Gen. Moult, Farmer Jenks, and Mr. French (Frenchie), his form master. 
I'd just like to say that the full stop on the end of Home and Happy Mag. should be there and that in the quoted passage the second "em" does not have a leading apostrophe in the original text, although it perhaps should. - Cgs
:While the point about William's distinctively awful spelling is perfectly valid, the "cokernut" example is inappropriate, as some dictionaries list this as a valid alternative spelling of "coconut".Jon Rob 11:08, 12 September 2007 (UTC)
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message: This has been posted on Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Humanities, can anyone help? adamsan 22:54, 26 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Just William (by Richmal Crompton)

message: The separate page linked in this article has shrunk so much that there is no point keeping it, and I've proposed that it be merged here. --Rodhullandemu (talk - contribs) 04:45, 12 October 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I've merged it. However, I'm in doubt as to whether it would make more sense to merge that section into the Just William series article - it seems like duplication of material to leave it here. --Alvestrand (talk) 03:25, 16 May 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: The Outlaws

message: Text: The Fall of the Idol - William makes friends with his teacher's new girlfriend.
Caption of picture: William makes friends with his teacher's "new beau", much to her annoyance (from the story The Fall of the Idol)
A "beau" is a boyfriend. Which is the teacher, and which is the love interest?. If "beau" is being used incorrectly for girlfriend, then you've got the oddity of her being annoyed at being made friends with. A female teacher annoyed at William making friends with her boyfriend is inevitable, but is this what's meant?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Koro Neil (talk • contribs) 14:36, 27 June 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: The teacher is Miss Drew. The story actually calls the gentleman: "a male cousin - a very nice-looking male cousin, with whom she often went for walks in the evening." What is really going on, though, is that William has developed an adoration for his teacher and wants to spend time with her. The cousin seems to enjoy William's company. However Miss Drew wants to be alone with her cousin - she doubtless sees enough of William in class (by the way, romance between cousins is not traditionally disapproved of in England) There may be a mix-up here with the story "William the Intruder", in which William intrudes on another romance. Robina Fox (talk) 14:21, 6 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Contradiction needs sorting out 

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