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One quirky thing to come from reading Lewis

PostPosted: February 4th, 2009, 7:51 am
by MoogieCha
Would anyone care to share one surprising or quirky thing (discovery?) brought about by your interest in Lewis or his works?

Thanks to Lewis, I learned what the word "erudite" meant. I was sitting next to a woman on the plane who noticed I was reading one of Lewis' books (I don't even remember which one) and we got to talking about him. She was a professor at a woman's college. She told me she enjoyed reading Lewis' works, even his books on Christianity (she wasn't a believer, herself), saying she found him very "erudite." I looked the word up after I got home and remember to this day what it means and how I learned it. I must have been the last person that age to learn its meaning!

Re: One quirky thing to come from reading Lewis

PostPosted: February 7th, 2009, 3:08 pm
by hammurabi2000
I used to write a regular report to the Board of a major organisation. I hada game by which I would see if I could get an obscure word into the report. I always got at least one my director insisted I changed because it might test the knowledge of the Board [university professors, senior business executives.....et al] too far.

I used to find it highly amusing; I'm not sure if he did. :toothy-grin:

Re: One quirky thing to come from reading Lewis

PostPosted: February 8th, 2009, 5:41 am
by MoogieCha
Thanks for posting, hammurabi2000. :smile:

What you did is actually quite funny. I would have looked forward to your newsletter, if I'd been on that Board!

Re: One quirky thing to come from reading Lewis

PostPosted: February 8th, 2009, 10:41 am
by CKinna
Often while reading Lewis I learn a new word or phrase. Just the other day I ran across Irish Bull in Mere Christianity. A new phrase for me, even though I have read MC numerous times - I suppose I skipped over the phrase in the past. Small things like that happen often, the bull being the latest of many examples. I believe I too first learned the word erudite in a Lewis conversation or reading something about him.

Re: One quirky thing to come from reading Lewis

PostPosted: February 15th, 2009, 8:18 am
by MoogieCha

Re: One quirky thing to come from reading Lewis

PostPosted: February 16th, 2009, 2:46 pm
by moogdroog

Re: One quirky thing to come from reading Lewis

PostPosted: February 16th, 2009, 10:31 pm
by Michael
I learned what Turkish Delight is. I had never heard of it before reading the book. :smile:

Re: One quirky thing to come from reading Lewis

PostPosted: February 16th, 2009, 10:39 pm
by CKinna
Without Lewis I never would have tried Turkish Delight - for this I am not too grateful.

Re: One quirky thing to come from reading Lewis

PostPosted: February 27th, 2009, 1:52 pm
by teomiriam
I loved Turkish Delight as a kid :grin: , now I find it a bit too sweet, I would rather have chocolate than that :rolleyes:

Re: from Turkish Delight to canned tongue

PostPosted: February 28th, 2009, 5:03 am
by MoogieCha
OK this is off (the original) topic, but I tried Turkish Delight as a result of reading another book. For some reason, I remember it being Harriet the Spy, but I can't seem to find any references online to back this up. Anyone remember if there was Turkish Delight in the book?

[Now way off topic] - I remember always wanting to know what it felt like to sleep on heather, from reading all the Enid Blyton books, particularly the Famous Five series. And I also yearned to try canned tongue and ginger beer after reading those books (I think I've mentioned this in a post years ago).

Re: One quirky thing to come from reading Lewis

PostPosted: February 28th, 2009, 11:01 am
by teomiriam
I've been trying to remember a quirky thing that came from reading C.S. Lewis and after some time I remembered that it's in his Surprised by Joy that I first encountered the word agnostic, and funny thing is I've been coming across it very often since then :thinking: I'm sure there are lots of other words and things I've learned from his books, but nothing else comes to my mind now

Re: my quirky thing to come from reading Lewis

PostPosted: May 3rd, 2009, 2:02 am
by boink1
Well, in the Chronicles of Narnia, I always felt that Lewis did a lot of talking about food, discussions of hot chocolate and sausages burnt just right. Later I heard somone mention (here?) that the CoN were written during the WWII when rationing was going on, so Lewis (and other around him) would have had plenty of time to think of food.

That would a explain a few things anyway, but I always thought such matters were good fun and unphilosophical.

Would be fun to share a beer and a good discussion with him someday....

Re: my quirky thing to come from reading Lewis

PostPosted: May 8th, 2009, 9:09 pm
by MoogieCha

Re: One quirky thing to come from reading Lewis

PostPosted: May 9th, 2009, 3:18 am
by nomad
I always want to take pictures of lamp posts. Especially ones that look like the one in Banes' illustration.

Re: One quirky thing to come from reading Lewis

PostPosted: May 16th, 2009, 5:44 pm
by gameld
i can honestly say that csl is the reason i've decided to become a classics major before pursuing a masters in english ed. his love and use of mythology really inspired me.