Agatha Christie Lovers discussion

Has anyone else found it weird how Poirot AND others keep referring to Hastings as a dog??

Nick Buckley even jokingly suggested that Hastings should rather 'bark' out Poirot's antecedents/achievements rather than troubling him(Poirot) to do it himself.

Not cool.

I wonder if it's 1930s slang? Does anyone know? I'll try to see if I can find something.

I've found two slang definitions for dog from the 1920s/1930s. I don't know if they called him a "police" dog, but maybe a detective's "dog" would be someone attached to the detective. But it seems maybe the second meaning might be appropriate too.

Police Dog—Young man to whom one is engaged.

dog ( n ) A guy. He doesn't have much upstairs but I love the dog.

I know right now there's a slang when you like something it makes you "gag" which to me would mean the opposite but at this present time that's what it means. Ratchet means it's bad. 50 years from now people will wonder why something so beautiful made people gag. :)

It has always, to me, read like a less than kind reference to Hastings loyalty and service. Today, I believe, the term is personal assistant. :-D

Anyway, this seemed like a sub-par story to me. Too many happy coincidences to make it seem possible.

Carolyn F. wrote: "I've found two slang definitions for dog from the 1920s/1930s. I don't know if they called him a "police" dog, but maybe a detective's "dog" would be someone attached to the detective. But it see..."

It would appear so. He does act foolishly on MANY occasions.

I'm looking forward to following the discussions. Does anyone know a good web site for English slang?

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Hello Roy! Afraid I can't help you there.

urbandictionary.com has a ton of contemporary ones, but I haven't found any of those used frequently in books.

Thanks anyway Akash. I was never able to find anything either. Best I could do was my English mother-in-law :)

http://roydimond.tripod.com/

Roy, do you need to know English slang because you are writing a book and need to have an authentic voice? If so, you can ask around on these sites to see if there is anyone who can help you. I've seen that done several times. One person even had to change the name of her main character because it wasn't an authentic-sounding English name. (I think it was Bobbi Jo!)

Thanks Emily, Yes I am an author and yes I was looking for authenticity. I appreciate your suggestion and will keep my eyes and ears open. Hope you have a great day.

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Some groups have a self-promotion section or an author section. I don't think this group does. Perhaps Carolyn can guide you.

Thanks Emily.

We don't have a whole lot of promotion in this group, but you could make that a discussion under the General category if you'd like Roy.

Wasn't really looking for promotion as much as some advice regarding slang, but appreciate the suggestion.

I know you weren't looking for promotion, Roy. I just thought that if you asked for advice for English slang, you might set up a discussion just for that topic. Other groups use an author's section or a promotion thread for those types of queries.

If you decided to do that some time in the future, you could use Carolyn suggestion and set up a discussion under General.

Thanks Emily. All the best.

Oh sorry, misunderstood.

I have a book coming out regarding the eleven days Agatha Christie went missing. I don't want to offend anyone by mentioning it here, hence no title or publisher, but is it appropriate to let people here know? If not here, is there a site where people might be interested? Again, don't want to steer the topic in the wrong direction. Thanks

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Roy, I'll leave it here as it could be a "just thoughts"

Thanks Carolyn, sorry for causing you some work.