I'm reading this story and am surprised for the strange words SK used in it. I want to ask why he wrote "pitcher" instead of "picture". I'm interested in a reply because the word pitcher has some rude meaning. Thanks
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Was the story The Sun Dog? Perhaps a misprint.I'm reading this story and am surprised for the strange words SK used in it. I want to ask why he wrote "pitcher" instead of "picture". I'm interested in a reply because the word pitcher has some rude meaning. Thanks
There is a character "Pop" whose language seems slang. He's talking about a photograph but he referres to it as "pitcher".Welcome to the Board!
What was the full context in which this was used? It's been a long time since I read that story and don't remember the reference.
Now I get it. That's just Stephen's way of letting you know his dialect. He would have pronounced picture as "pitcher".There is a character "Pop" whose language seems slang. He's talking about a photograph but he referres to it as "pitcher".
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I'm sure it is. I'm reading nowWas the story The Sun Dog? Perhaps a misprint.
I've explained the reason for Steve using the word pitcher in Post #6 above.I'm sure it is. I'm reading now
Yes! That's clear. The fact is that my mother language is Spanish and it took a hard search on the WWW to find the confusing word. Thank you!Now I get it. That's just Stephen's way of letting you know his dialect. He would have pronounced picture as "pitcher".
I had a feeling it might be something like that.Yes! That's clear. The fact is that my mother language is Spanish and it took a hard search on the WWW to find the confusing word. Thank you!
I think it would be a lot more interesting way to learn them than reading them from a textbook.I learn lots of words reading Stephen
Yes!! I found that definition tooI think about how uses of language like that must be totally baffling to non-native English speakers, kind of the way it is for an American to read some of the British slang in an Adam Neville book. It's very effective in immersing the reader in the language, but it can be hard to figure out why it's being used even with a dictionary. I was thinking about it while reading Elevation with his usage of "lesbean."