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I can't for the life of me think of a Mrs. Layman--- complete with nephew-- where oh where is she and in which book?
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Good gracious Snehalatha.... I can't believe you're stuck for an answer! Think of the Famous Five.
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Does Mrs Layman appear in the 20th Famous Five book: Five Have a Mystery to Solve. If so, her nephew is Wilfred.
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You're right Poppy. That's the book and the nephew's name is Wilfrid - note the unusual spelling of the name.
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Thanks, Daisy - interesting use of spelling there for Wilfrid. I would definitely refer to this name as Wilfred.
Anyway - New Question: Staying with the Famous Five, in which book, does which character appear, whose 'tip of his nose turns white when he is angry'?
Anyway - New Question: Staying with the Famous Five, in which book, does which character appear, whose 'tip of his nose turns white when he is angry'?
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Smuggler's Top - Mr Lenoir!
Yes, well Enid decided to spell the name Wilfrid so to be accurate we should too - when talking about this particular boy.
Yes, well Enid decided to spell the name Wilfrid so to be accurate we should too - when talking about this particular boy.
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Yes that's right! Over to you!
I wonder if Enid knew anyone to influence this spelling - like a relative with this name, because I didn't even know you could spell it this way before reading Mystery to Solve - it just comes to mind with the fred at the end. Even now after reading the book several times, still I think Wilfred!!
I wonder if Enid knew anyone to influence this spelling - like a relative with this name, because I didn't even know you could spell it this way before reading Mystery to Solve - it just comes to mind with the fred at the end. Even now after reading the book several times, still I think Wilfred!!
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Yes, it is strange, isn't it. I haven't seen that spelling anywhere else either.
Next question:
What was the name of the oldest member of "The Gang" in Six Bad Boys?
Next question:
What was the name of the oldest member of "The Gang" in Six Bad Boys?
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Wilfrid is the older spelling of the name. It comes from the Anglo-Saxon name Wilfrið (pronounced Wilfrith).
Fred is the oldest member of the gang in The Six Bad Boys.
Fred is the oldest member of the gang in The Six Bad Boys.
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Thanks for that information on Wilfrid, Anita. Our language has a fascinating history.
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Thanks, Daisy.
Who throws a "smell-bottle" out of the window of a second-floor classroom and injures a younger boy quite badly?
Who throws a "smell-bottle" out of the window of a second-floor classroom and injures a younger boy quite badly?
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Tony Farrell in House-at-the-Corner?
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Correct, Poppy. Your turn!
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Thanks, Anita!
Q. At the beginning of The Island of Adventure, Philip and Jack are staying on at a teachers house to catch up on schoolwork. There is a small class of children there - besides Philip, Jack and Lucy-Ann what are the two other boys names (the ones that are mentioned, anyhow).
Q. At the beginning of The Island of Adventure, Philip and Jack are staying on at a teachers house to catch up on schoolwork. There is a small class of children there - besides Philip, Jack and Lucy-Ann what are the two other boys names (the ones that are mentioned, anyhow).
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Sam and Oliver?
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