Newsgroup: it.cultura.linguistica.inglese
Titolo: Mr. Chips

Guardate un po' qui:
"He taught at Y. University for several years [...], in the late 1970s he
migrated to the Midwest. Here he has lived the life of a Yiddish *Mr. Chips*
ever since..."
Il professore in questione si occupa di spiritualità, preghiera,
meditazione.
Ma chi sarà un Mr. Chips? C'entra niente coi falegnami, vero?
Aiuto, please
Anna

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Dear Anna,
I'm afraid it has little to do with the carpenters, though it was a most
logical assumption, lol.
Goodbye Mr Chips is perhaps one of Peter O'Toole's  better-known films,
though there was, I believe I version in the late '30's with Robert Donat
and Greer Garson.
The tale is a poignant one recounting the life of the aforementioned Mr
Chips and his forty years as a dedicated schoolteacher of young boys at an
upper-crust school. Petula Clark plays the love interest (a flashy showgirl)
and the essence of the O'Toole character is his reserve, shyness and
civility.
Recommended viewing ....which is beside the point
Hoping this is of some help,
I remain, as always,
Bambi
dtb

Ma chi sarà un Mr. Chips? C'entra niente coi falegnami, vero?
Ho paura di no :-)
Mr. Chips e' il protagonista del romanzo di James Hilton "Good-Bye,
Mr. Chips", uscito nel 1934 negli USA.
Che caratteristiche abbia non saprei perche' non l'ho letto, ma
suggerirei di partire da li' :-)
Auguri,
-- 
Isa
Work like you don't need money,
Love like you've never been hurt,
And dance like no one's watching

 Mr. Chips", uscito nel 1934 negli USA.
Dear Isabella,
Oh yes, the book!
The film was based on a book. I knew there was a detail which was eluding
me.
Still, I remembered correctly the stars of both films. Don't I get a brownie
mark for trying?
--
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mark for trying?
Nope. You remembered it just because the guy's a Brit. Nice try but no
sale. :-DD
Lurve,
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<You do indeed !
But may I disagree with you about the artistic value of the 1969 motion
picture ?
O 'Toole saved the day almost single handed at the time.
In order to help Anna to better understand Mr Chips I'm copying  the review
from Time Out Magazine for
the 1939 version :
With his cane, scarf, mortar board and perpetual hangdog expression, Robert
Donat seemed to embody
Neville Chamberlain -" I have a piece of paper and it's spelt
incorrectly.One hundred lines Mr Hitler or you'll be slippered ".
Actually, the movie always was a museum piece, and -if you are in the right
mood- a deep affecting one.
Donat's schoolmaster looks upon his life- his surrogate fatherhood to scores
of boys, his marriage to Mrs Miniver(Greer Garson era la protagonista del
film omonimo n.d.r.),who dies during childbirth-and Olde England
passes before our very eyes.
I hope i was not OT.
Yours kinematically
Sal

 sale. :-DD
Dear Isabella,
Feeling the need to ' come clean' as it were, truth be told, I remembered it
only  because you had the good sense to remind us all that 'the good book'
came first. And I am obviously  not referring to
the Bible.
And remaining in a 'truth be told' vein,  I prefer Salvatore's judgement on
the matter whereby at least I am allowed to add a brownie mark to my biscuit
tin. I trust I might be allowed to keep it
notwithstanding your ruling...I have so few and my need is great.
--
I remain, as always,
Bambi (whose biscuit tin sadly, contains but a paltry few brownie marks, her
best attempts notwithstanding)
dtb

 picture ?
Dear Salvatore,
For having given me a brownie mark, you are allowed, with Royal grace, to
disagree with the artistic merits of the 1969 cinematic version of the
motion picture. I must confess to never having seen the Donat version, so
find I am able to make a comparative evaluation.
In any event, I trust Anna is now suitably enlightened as to enable her to
continue with her opus.
--
I remain, as always,
Bambi (whose biscuit tin still contains three brownie marks and who has no
intention of giving even one up)
dtb

 review from Time Out Magazine for the 1939 version :
--snip--
Nothing left to say except thank you so much, my beloved Queens and KISAs.
Now it is clear to me how a Mr. Chips should look like and behave. I still
don't have the slightest idea of how such a character can be named in
Italian, but - as I always feel I have to stress - this is my problem
entirely.
Humbly and gratefully yours,
Anna

entirely.
I don't really think you should re-name him at all, if this can save
you a headache.
Both the book and the motion pictures were published and are known in
Italy with the title "Addio, Mr. Chips!" so therefore I would expect
the reference to be recognised by a substantial portion of the public?
(And how do you like this veritable orgy of passive forms? :-))
Buon lavoro,
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 Buon lavoro,
Grasssie
Anna

Same as I like all orgies, of course :-))
You naughty rock-chick. I mean to say!
Kiss,
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Dear Bambi,
Of course you can!
Perhaps we can give you a Brownie "point" instead :-) , 'fraid I was a
drop- out Brownie though, so someone else will have to do it. 
Sitting around a toadstool struck me as rather ridiculous when I was
little. Perhaps that part of English tradition didn't sit well with my
Aussie culture!
See ya later,
Loki

 
Just one question... what is meant by a "yiddish" Mr Chips? Some quality
is being added to Mr. Chips persona, but what?
curious
Loki
 

 must all aim for, not lower :-)
Truer words were seldom spoken!
Yours,
Anna

 is being added to Mr. Chips persona, but what?
The Mr. Chips described by "my" author belongs to a Jewish milieu, he
studies the Kabbalah and is interested in mystical stuff, he often uses
Yiddish expressions... Tutto qui, credo.
Ciao
Anna

I have a thing for footnotes (si dice cosě? I mean, I like them)
I think "I have a thing with..." is the expression you're looking for
:-) (I like them heaps too, by the way)
Bye,
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 Aussie culture!
Dear Loki,
Thank you. Brownie point duly placed in biscuit tin as previously mentioned.
Incredible as it might sound, my request to be accepted into the Brownies
was actually rejected. Can you imagine?!  Never mind a drop out, I simply
never made it anywhere near the ranks.
Eve  after all this time, the wound won't heal and the scar runs deep,
and....Sigh....
Now that you are older and wiser, does sitting around a toadstool seem any
a more a satisfactory way to while away the hours?
Just curious.
--
I remain, as always,
Bambi
dtb

 I have a thing for footnotes (si dice cosě? I mean, I like them)
[.....]
Dear Highness and esteemed Privy Councillor,
Aside from the fact that one could also say one has ' a bee in one's bonnet'
about something, (which does not necessarily carry negative connotations as
is often presumed), I believe Anna's ' I have a thing for footnotes' is
considered correct as would the variation ' I have a thing _about_
footnotes'.
I have a thing _with_ footnotes, I must confess has my mind racing along
kinky roads of an altogether different nature.
The phrase
    >Your rightneousness is beyond doubt
is a trickier thorn. Trickier because our Privy Councillor's choice of
spelling
 could lead us to suspect  she was playing with words. In the event
this was not the case, might one be permitted to point out a different
meaning than was perhaps intended ( though the righteousness of the person
in question should not for a moment be put in doubt).
Being correct and being righteous are to different things.
To be right is to be correct about something
To be righteous refers to one's morality.
Departing to ponder the avenues of possibility of having a thing with
footnotes,--
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 footnotes,--
Whatever you mean, ROTFL
Yours,
Anna

 could lead us to suspect she was playing with words. 
It was never a suspicion for me, more a certainty from the start... :)
You two are getting way too cheeky for my liking and, in all fairness,
I should make you aware that my role model, in my quest for perfect
Queenly Behaviour, can be found in "Alice in Wonderland"... you know
those endearingly unpredictable mood swings? 
Totally related, an American acquaintance of mine once told me "Girl,
you have a thing with wars" and I am sure the gentlemant wasn't
implying... oh Lord, I don't even want to mention it.
Farewell, for I must away now.
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 Yes, your suspect was right
Suspicion, sorry, *suspicion*was the word.
Grazie, Isa, per la regale delicatezza
Anna (in sackcloth and ashes)