Subj : Strange a bit
To   : Anton Shepelev
From : Alexander Koryagin
Date : Wed Sep 25 2024 11:26:04


Hi, Anton Shepelev!
I read your message from 23.09.2024 11:01

 AK>> -----Beginning of the citation-----
 AK>> THE Piglet lived in a very grand house in the middle of a beech-
 AK>> tree, and the beech-tree was in the middle of the forest, and the
 AK>> Piglet lived in the middle of the house. Next to his house was a
 AK>> piece of broken board which had: "TRESPASSERS W" on it. When
 AK>> Christopher Robin asked the Piglet what it meant, he said it was
 AK>> his grandfather's name, and had been in the family for a long
 AK>> time. Christopher Robin said you couldn't be called Trespassers W,
 AK>> and Piglet said yes, you could, because his grandfather was, and
 AK>> it was short for Trespassers Will, which was short for Trespassers
 AK>> William. And his grandfather had had two names in case he lost
 AK>> one -- Trespassers after an uncle, and William after
 AK>> Trespassers. "I've got two names," said Christopher Robin
 AK>> carelessly.
 AK>
 AK>> "Well, there you are, that proves it," said Piglet. One fine
 AK>> winter's day when Piglet was brushing away the snow in front of
 AK>> his house, he happened to look up, and there was Winnie-the-Pooh.
 AK>> Pooh was walking round and round in a circle, thinking of
 AK>> something else, and when Piglet called to him, he just went on
 AK>> walking.
 AK>> ----- The end of the citation -----

 AK>> Why at first the author used "the" before Piglet, and then he
 AK>> trashed it into the dust bin, probably having tired of it? ;-)

 AS> My opinion:
 AS> At first, `piglet' was a mere /noun/,
 AS> but once the reader was used to him
 AS> as a the member of the merry company,
 AS> it becane the /name/.

If Miln had put it with a capital first letter it was rather a name.

Bye, Anton!
Alexander Koryagin
english_tutor 2024

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