Talk:Heidi

message: Could the author please post references supporting the statement that Mrs. Spyri implied Heidi and her mother tended to epilepsy? I recently reread my 1959 Franklin Watts translation of Heidi and can find nothing in it that implies any such thing. Thank you. Dcrutherford13 (talk) 17:14, 4 January 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Epilepsy 

message: There creator of this article appears to be unaware of the classic German made TV series of the late 70s, which was dubbed into English as well as French.
::The creators of this article appear to be unaware of far more than that. This article is unacceptable to the standards wikipedia demands. It has almost no information. I'm going to expand it when I receive the chance. -ZeroTalk 13:04, 21 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Other versions 

message: "Yo haa naa Spear re". 
Shouldn't that be put into IPA format?
I would do it, but I don't know IPAEunuchOmerta 18:10, 15 June 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I was just going to the talk page to bring up the exact same issue. So in short, "yep", and I also believe the given pronunciation is wrong. The German y is pronounced as IPA y, so that doesn't sound like "ea" in "Spear" at all. Perhaps I will fix this sometime. Shinobu 06:59, 31 July 2006 (UTC)

text: Apart from that, shouldn't it be on Johanna's article? It wouldn't hurt to have it here as well though. Shinobu 07:02, 7 August 2006 (UTC)

text: There presumably shouldn't be IPA unless someone knows how the name was pronounced in the particular Schweizerdeutsch sub-dialect that Spyri would have used.  The Standard German pronunciation based on the spelling may be considerably different and "wrong".  Some general description of the situation might be in order. Phr (talk) 20:20, 16 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  IPA 

message: What was Heidi's surname? Was it given?  Stephen Bochco 03:06, 18 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: What's in a name?

message: Was the original German?  I was under the impression that it was written in Swiss or something.  I've found some German versions, but if the original text is not German, can it be found anywhere and linked to?  (Now that I have a better grasp of the grammars of several languages, I'm all for reading stuff in the original languages, but it's hard to lay my hands on some things, at least via online resources alone.  Hope Wikipedia can be a forerunner in connecting people with the original non-English materials.) Kilyle 07:16, 24 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Original language version

message: I just thought readers would like to know that at least in the unabriged version, what wikipedia spelled as Clara is really spelled Klara 24.209.253.208 01:34, 30 September 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Article text incorrected. - hydnjo talk 02:19, 30 September 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I believe there is one translation. The version I have here (Kingfisher 2002) is based on the 1956 translation by Eileen Hall. It says "Klara". 195.128.251.97 (talk) 21:25, 22 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Misspelling  

message: Is that see also to the asteroid named Heidi really necessary? There is a disambiguation notice at the top of the page... -- Cimon Avaro; on a pogostick. (talk) 12:06, 25 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Asteroid see also... 

message: Is that appropriate  grammar?   English_plural,  _plural.
*  hidey_ho 
*  hidey_hole 
*  hidey_hoe 
Please, do you know anything about  hidey?
Thank You,
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thread_title:  The Heidi books are one of the best known works of Swiss literature 

message: Someone in this article states, "However, the possibility of dyeing it wasn't available in the 1900's." 
That is simply an untrue statement.  Women have been colouring their hair for centuries, by both chemical and natural means.  And there were numerous hair colouring products available in the early 1900's.  The statement has no basis in fact.  Additionally, hair colour between young childhood to adult often changes on its own.  I don't see a problem in pointing out the difference in Heidi's adult hair colour, however the statement I cite above, I would recommend removing.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Heidi Grows Up 1938 (talk • contribs) 16:55, 24 October 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Heidi's hair colour 

message: This site:  among others suggests that Heidi is on the short list for all-time fiction bestsellers.  Seems worth including, but I'm not sure that's an RS.  It looks OK, though.  Any objections? Ethan Mitchell (talk) 19:16, 29 April 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Sales 

message: This surely wasn't written in "Swiss German" as the Infobox currently says. Swiss German is an oral language only. The Swiss use standard German in writing. Can someone please confirm this and correct the infobox? Widsith (talk) 11:02, 10 October 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Language 

message: Well, we might have better German Speakers here and though I am not a native German speaker. But according to me, 'Heidi kann brauchen, was es gelernt hat' does not translates to 'Heidi makes use of what she has learned.'
Just wanted to start in chat, before editing it. 
--Shikharsingh01 (talk) 01:12, 15 June 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Incorrect Translation 

message: Is this kind of writing appropriate for WP?:
Seems pretty editorial to me, even if it was published elsewhere. – AndyFielding (talk) 06:27, 19 August 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Heidiland criticism? 

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thread_title:  A Commons file used on this page has been nominated for deletion 

message: I've removed the claim that Heidi, Girl of the Alps is "the most well-known adaptation of the novel". As different adaptations will be popular and well-beloved in different countries, I don't think it makes any sense to single out one of them as the most well-known worldwide. In any case, such a claim would need a reliable source. Lee Choquette (talk) 03:05, 14 May 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Most well-known adaptation 

message: Found this https://dl.pearson.co.jp/resources/9781405842853/searchdata/pdf/TN-Heidi.pdf
WhisperToMe (talk) 22:12, 11 December 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Found teacher's notes from Pearson 

message: My daughter and I translated the 4th book of the series (Heidi Grandma); it is still in print. I will happily admit that it is an awful book and I'm not proud of my translation work either but it does exist. I want to correct the text around available translations and availability in print, but that would obviously be a violation of wikipedia terms since I profit from it. Any suggestions? Gregory david baker (talk) 04:26, 13 January 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Translations of sequels