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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread No idea! #132410 08/30/2004 1:20 PM Joined: Aug 2004 Posts: 1 erika123 stranger erika123 stranger Joined: Aug 2004 Posts: 1 I came across a strange word in the children's book I am currently > reading. I am on the fourth of a series of six books, starting with > "The Magician's Nephew", written by C.S Lewis and telling the story of > four children in Narnia. I am currently reading "Prince Caspian" and > in the book I came across the word "bivouacked". I can't remember in > what context the word was used, or if Mr Lewis made it up using poetic > licence! Can you help? Copy Link to Clipboard Re: No idea! #132411 08/30/2004 1:25 PM Joined: Nov 2003 Posts: 619 Carpal Tunnel Country grapho addict grapho addict Joined: Nov 2003 Posts: 619 Carpal Tunnel Country biv·ou·ac ( P ) Pronunciation Key (bv-k, bvwk) n. A temporary encampment often in an unsheltered area. intr.v. biv·ou·acked, biv·ou·ack·ing, biv·ou·acs, also biv·ou·acks To camp in a bivouac. re: Did "Mr Lewis made it up using poetic licence!" In his day, you didn't even need a camping licence to bivouac. Copy Link to Clipboard Re: No idea! #132412 08/30/2004 7:09 PM Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 2,154 British Columbia, Canada Zed Pooh-Bah Zed Pooh-Bah Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 2,154 British Columbia, Canada I do like Puddleglum. Or is he in "The Silver Chair"? Copy Link to Clipboard Re: No idea! #132413 08/30/2004 8:43 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 328 Eastern Pennsylvania Rapunzel enthusiast Rapunzel enthusiast Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 328 Eastern Pennsylvania Or is he in "The Silver Chair"? Yes, he's in The Silver Chair. Isn't Puddleglum great? I have a neighbor whom I (secretly, of course) call the Marsh-wiggle because he's tall, skinny and wears a conical straw hat. Copy Link to Clipboard Re: No idea! #132414 08/30/2004 10:15 PM Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 2,154 British Columbia, Canada Zed Pooh-Bah Zed Pooh-Bah Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 2,154 British Columbia, Canada Quick! Check and see if his toes are webbed! Copy Link to Clipboard Re: No idea! #132415 08/31/2004 1:35 AM Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 1,289 Bobyoungbalt veteran Bobyoungbalt veteran Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 1,289 Erika, I would think that CSL would have been the last man in the world to have any necessity to make up a word because of being at a loss for one. He was, after all, a professor of philology and one of the great master wordsmiths, to say nothing of his other accomplishments. Copy Link to Clipboard Re: No idea! #132416 08/31/2004 1:48 AM Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 3,230 Te Ika a Maui sjmaxq Carpal Tunnel sjmaxq Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 3,230 Te Ika a Maui Making a bivouac (or bivvy) was part of the experience of "outdoor education" for many Kiwi kids. My younger sister once got a nasty scratch on her eye when a fern frond she was attempting to insert into the roof of her bvouac insetred itself in her eye instead. noho ora mai http://maxqnzs.com/References.html Copy Link to Clipboard Re: No idea! #132417 08/31/2004 11:06 AM Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 1,475 California jheem veteran jheem veteran Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 1,475 California He was, after all, a professor of philology and one of the great master wordsmiths Indeed, he and Professor JRR Tolkien had a writing group that met at a pub in Oxford called the Eagle and the Child (or familiarly, the Bird and Baby). Copy Link to Clipboard Re: No idea! #132418 08/31/2004 11:17 AM Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont a writing group the Inklings. formerly known as etaoin... Copy Link to Clipboard Re: No idea! #132419 08/31/2004 7:06 PM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass tsuwm Carpal Tunnel tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass a writing group the Inklings. as opposed to: a singing group the Ink Spots -ron (If I didn't care) obvious Copy Link to Clipboard Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. 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