You know the book "Shoes from Grandpa"??

[sneakysparkle]

Ok, so this has been bugging me for AGES so I thought I'd post in here, to see if it was just me or if I am justified in being annoyed! Lol

Its about the book "Shoes from Grandpa" by Mem Fox.
We have it, and Ive also seen it on playschool.

Anyhoo, the bit that gets to me is the line "I'll buy you a blouse with ribbons and bows" because the words 'blouse' and 'bows' dont rhyme - and they should!
I almost want to say the word blouse as blows just so it does!

If you haven't read the book, its a series of lines with items of clothing that all rhyme - like "I'll buy you some socks from the local shops" or "I'll buy you a skirt that won't show the dirt"

Every time I read it it bugs me!
Am I completely nuts???

[*EJ*]

We have the book also but i can't say this has ever bothered me. Obviously Mem got a bit stuck on finding something to rhyme with blouse or to call a blouse something other than a blouse. Hehe you've made me think and the next time i do read it i'll think of you

[TeniBear]

I'll buy you a shirt to go with your skirt?

[*TripleJ*]

Yep ur completely nuts =] lol I never even noticed that

[Doing my best]

I have actually noticed that, and it throws me every time I read it cause it doesn't rhyme.

[*Sparklez*]

im another one that has never noticed it and its funny i was looking at ds looking at it yesterday lol
but now you have mentioned it im gonna be bugged as well lol

[Epacris]

Oh yes, I am totally with you, blouse/bows annoys me no end... BUT...

I am even more incensed by the butterfly at the end of the Very Hungry Caterpillar. FFS it is clearly upside down!!! How could no one have noticed this during editing. The big wings go at the top and the little wings go at the bottom!!!

[sneakysparkle]

EJ - I know, but surely as an author you would be good at that kind of thing??! Lol maybe I'm just too much of a perfectionist! Hope I didn't ruin it for you!
Teni - that would be much better!
JJJ - hehe Ive always known it!
DMB - I know - it just doesn't flow does it!!
Z&A - hehe now you can think of me next time you read it!
Epacris - oooohhhh I'll have to go check my hungry caterpillar now!!

Thanks guys

[*TripleJ*]

ooooh that hungry caterpillar annoys me no end it just looks silly

[~Lashes~]

sorry, havent read shoes from grandpa...
but i always wonderd why that butterfly looked slightly off.... now i know!!!

[human bean]

Oh yes, I am totally with you, blouse/bows annoys me no end... BUT...

I am even more incensed by the butterfly at the end of the Very Hungry Caterpillar. FFS it is clearly upside down!!! How could no one have noticed this during editing. The big wings go at the top and the little wings go at the bottom!!!

I always think that too, it's an upside down butterfly lol

[Mad Scientist]

We read that last night and it bugged me too! Why not just leave that line out? Ahahaha. So funny you mention it just after I was thinking it

[Nai]

Yep - it has always bugged me too! I actually sent the book to Nanna's house to live because it annoyed me so much

[Miss.September]

Yep, another one here that it annoys.

Also annoyed in The Terrible Plop, where it says "But the bear roared back, 'you show me where or I'll eat you up' roars the big brown bear". Every time I read it, I want to shoot the editor. Taught at primary school to find different words to describe speech.