Re: GEN: James and the Giant Peach

[jhyde <jhyde@CHRISTSCHOOL.ORG>]

Dahl is British and the book wasn't written this year. It's surely
colloquial usage for "dunce."  Good opportunity for showing that in
different decades and countries, usages are different.  Education, not
consorship!
--
Jane Hyde, Librarian            828-684-6232 x121
St. Dunstan Library             jhyde@christschool.org
Christ School
500 Christ School Rd.
Arden, NC 28704

A book must be the axe for the frozen sea inside us.
                        Franz Kafka

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