tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10557263.post116342746339648844..comments2024-01-26T10:20:37.836+00:00Comments on Diary of a Goldfish: Materteral Mishaps and Laboured LinguisticsThe Goldfishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15213378454070776331noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10557263.post-1164202726216753112006-11-22T13:38:00.000+00:002006-11-22T13:38:00.000+00:00Of course, Janet; two literary aunts I know well b...Of course, Janet; two literary aunts I know well but had forgotten. Oops! Perhaps my theory is incorrect. Thanks for reminding me of these. :-)The Goldfishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15213378454070776331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10557263.post-1164202568006533572006-11-22T13:36:00.000+00:002006-11-22T13:36:00.000+00:00There are some good aunts in literature. I think ...There are some good aunts in literature. I think Betsy Trotwood was pretty good to David Copperfield and in The L-shaped Room the main character, whose name I forget, was rescued from her grotty bedsit by an aunt who supported her through the rest of her pregnancy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10557263.post-1163647621838080702006-11-16T03:27:00.000+00:002006-11-16T03:27:00.000+00:00One of the mystery novels by Amanda Cross (aka Car...One of the mystery novels by Amanda Cross (aka Carolyn Heilbrun) about English professor Kate Fansler has her being a very cool aunt indeed, taking in a rebellious nephew, complete with digression on "auntly" as a non-existent companion to "avuncular." I think it's The Theban Mysteries, but am not sure. In another, one of her nieces plays Watson to Kate's Holmes.Marcelle Prousthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05987555499861902190noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10557263.post-1163606304297648572006-11-15T15:58:00.000+00:002006-11-15T15:58:00.000+00:00Uh, not that I think it would be great for you to ...<I>Uh, not that I think it would be great for you to encourage Alexander to become a confident and independent woman, you understand... </I><BR/><BR/>Perhaps not at this stage, but if that's what he really wanted... ;-)The Goldfishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15213378454070776331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10557263.post-1163593569965091812006-11-15T12:26:00.000+00:002006-11-15T12:26:00.000+00:00Uh, not that I think it would be great for you to ...Uh, not that I think it would be great for you to encourage Alexander to become a confident and independent woman, you understand...Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11639094548415759560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10557263.post-1163510481849326502006-11-14T13:21:00.000+00:002006-11-14T13:21:00.000+00:00There was a "good aunt" in a book I read recently ...There was a "good aunt" in a book I read recently - <A HREF="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Almond-Nedjma/dp/0552772844/sr=1-1/qid=1163509289/ref=sr_1_1/026-9804758-4349261?ie=UTF8&s=books" REL="nofollow">The Almond, by Nedjma</A>.<BR/><BR/>The principal character is an Arab woman who is escaping a rotten marriage, and runs away to her Aunt Selma who takes her in and helps her in a lot of ways, including helping her to develop her identity as an independent and individual woman.Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11639094548415759560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10557263.post-1163510338546400082006-11-14T13:18:00.000+00:002006-11-14T13:18:00.000+00:00Oh I defintely intend to be disreputable. ;-)Oh I <I>defintely</I> intend to be disreputable. ;-)The Goldfishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15213378454070776331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10557263.post-1163496849024508662006-11-14T09:34:00.000+00:002006-11-14T09:34:00.000+00:00How about PG Wodehouse's Aunt Dahlia? Bertie said...How about PG Wodehouse's Aunt Dahlia? Bertie said she was a good egg most of the time.<BR/><BR/>Jane Austen was a very good aunt, according to her nieces, though not always a tiptop rĂ´le model: she wrote to her sister Cassandra that there were definite advantages to being relegated to the ranks of the old chaperons: "I am put on a Sofa by the Fire and can drink as much Wine as I want."<BR/><BR/>You could try being such a disreputable aunt and have fun.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10557263.post-1163458940732314562006-11-13T23:02:00.000+00:002006-11-13T23:02:00.000+00:00Absolutely...connecting with the younger, or young...Absolutely...connecting with the younger, or youngest is not an ability limited to parents or a role limited to parents, and when those of us who arent' parents like to do so, our role should be promoted... :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com