Talk:Just William

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Mention may be made of William's atrocious spelling when framing letters, signboards etc. "Cokernut" for coconut is a typical example. Perhaps the only time William writes a letter more or less correctly is in the "Begging Letter" episode, that too because he copies out another letter verbatim. William's dog Jumble deserves special mention, especially with reference to his master's grand plans for him. Some other staple William characters are the retired Gen. Moult, Farmer Jenks, and Mr. French (Frenchie), his form master.

I'd just like to say that the full stop on the end of Home and Happy Mag. should be there and that in the quoted passage the second "em" does not have a leading apostrophe in the original text, although it perhaps should. - Cgs

While the point about William's distinctively awful spelling is perfectly valid, the "cokernut" example is inappropriate, as some dictionaries list this as a valid alternative spelling of "coconut".Jon Rob 11:08, 12 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Just William (by Richmal Crompton)

This has been posted on Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Humanities, can anyone help? adamsan 22:54, 26 December 2005 (UTC):

I would be grateful if you could please answer the following questions about the story “William and the Nasties” which appeared in the book “William the Detective.”

• 1. You write that “Crompton herself [who died in 1969] decided that the story was inappropriate and had it removed.” From which impression of the edition published by George Newnes did it stop appearing?
• 2. You also write that it appeared in the Armada Paperback edition published in the 1970s. Did it appear in all the editions brought out by Armada?
• 3. Macmillan Publishers said in 1999 that they had withdrawn this story “several years ago.” In which year did they do this?

Thank you. (Dr.) C. Simons

Play.com are listing Just William as a DVD release (series one) for August 2007. The timings (13 episodes at 25 minutes) seem to tally to the 70's series, but it's not officially announced as such. I guess we should wait until we see more details. Geffers 10:48, 13 May 2007 (UTC)

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The separate page linked in this article has shrunk so much that there is no point keeping it, and I've proposed that it be merged here. --Rodhullandemu (talk - contribs) 04:45, 12 October 2007 (UTC)