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26 Oct 2018, 7:44 am

Did you know that Bronte seems of Norse origin?

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26 Oct 2018, 7:50 am

Did you know the family name was Brunty, but Patrick changed it to Brontë while studying Theology at Cambridge, and that there are no direct descendants to his immediate family?

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26 Oct 2018, 11:03 am

Was the change made for literary reasons?

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26 Oct 2018, 11:12 am

Did you know he was the eldest of ten children born in a very poor, one room cottage in Drumballyroney and his education was sponsored at St. John's (Cambridge) so he wanted to make a new name for himself?

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26 Oct 2018, 11:17 am

Do you know that I am glad he was able to transcend his origins?

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26 Oct 2018, 11:21 am

Did you know he never returned to Ireland, and that I forgot to mention the word "bronte" (meaning thunder) is actually Greek and not Norse?

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26 Oct 2018, 11:24 am

Would anyone like some fresh baked sugar cookies from my grandmother's 1931 recipe?

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26 Oct 2018, 12:24 pm

Do you know that I would find that delicious?

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26 Oct 2018, 12:33 pm

Did you know you may have made a brilliant discovery on the WH thread?

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26 Oct 2018, 1:37 pm

Have you got the recipe for us, since you can't send us any cookies as a file attachment?

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26 Oct 2018, 1:39 pm

If Emily knew about them, would she have written a novel about a lonely brontosaurus (thunder lizard)?

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26 Oct 2018, 1:42 pm

envirozentinel wrote:

If Emily knew about them, would she have written a novel about a lonely brontosaurus (thunder lizard)?

Like this, perhaps?

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26 Oct 2018, 4:22 pm

Isabella: could you make your "discovery" into a journal article?

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26 Oct 2018, 4:30 pm

kraftiekortie wrote:

Isabella: could you make your "discovery" into a journal article?

Do you know I thank you for that encouragement and that I could publish it with more research, if I so desired?

Would you believe that the theory has been discredited for quite some time, because of people's blatant miscalculation of gestation cycles (lol)?

Did you know that scholars say that Cathy must have been conceived in August, at which time Heathcliff was absent, but that this calculation isn't accurate?

Did you know critics also say that Cathy was too fair to be Heathcliff's child? But, would you believe I notice that Linton (his rightful child) was even more fair than Cathy?

Do you know I really could use a new hobby?

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26 Oct 2018, 4:32 pm

Do you know that I don't believe "Wuthering Heights" is a bad hobby at all?

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26 Oct 2018, 4:33 pm

Was Emily scared of heights?

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