Lee: Shoot no wonder, then
Marius Hancu
"Shoot no wonder, then"
does it mean
"don't talk nonsense?"
"Scout" can't mean "Girl Scout" here, as she wasn't yet in school yet.
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[Dill, a boy, comes to their house and is interrogated]
“I just thought you’d like to know I can read. You got anything needs
readin’ I can do it....”
“How old are you,” asked Jem, “four-and-a-half?”
“Goin’ on seven.”
“Shoot no wonder, then,” said Jem, jerking his thumb at me. “Scout
yonder’s been readin’ ever since she was born, and she ain’t even
started to school yet. You look right puny for goin’ on seven.”
Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird
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Thanks.
Marius Hancu
Marius Hancu
> "Scout" can't mean "Girl Scout" here, as she wasn't yet in school yet.
Scout seems to be the name of the girl.
the Omrud
"Shoot" is an exclamation, like "Good Grief" or "Zounds". There should
be a comma after it.
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David
the Omrud
I missed "Scout". That's the name of the narrator - Scout Finch.
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David
Marius Hancu
I know it, but most of the editions don't have a comma there, thus I
assume the meaning was different.
Thanks.
Marius Hancu
Donna Richoux
> On 10/10/2010 10:27, the Omrud wrote:
> > On 10/10/2010 08:46, Marius Hancu wrote:
> >> "Scout" can't mean "Girl Scout" here, as she wasn't yet in school yet.
> >>
> >> --
> >> "Shoot no wonder, then," said Jem, jerking his thumb at me. "Scout
> >> yonder's been readin' ever since she was born, and she ain't even
> >> started to school yet. You look right puny for goin' on seven."
> >
>
> I missed "Scout". That's the name of the narrator - Scout Finch.
Nickname. Her real name is Jean Louise and is used in various places in
the book. I don't think the origin of the nickname is ever explained.
the Omrud
It doesn't mean anything else, to me at least.
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David
Peter Moylan
> Hello:
>
> "Shoot no wonder, then"
> does it mean
> "don't talk nonsense?"
"Shoot" is a substitute for "shit" here.
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Peter Moylan, Newcastle, NSW, Australia. http://www.pmoylan.org
For an e-mail address, see my web page.
Marius Hancu
My initial reading without comma, was:
"Don't shoot no wonders, then"
which could be seen as slang for
"Don't talk no/any nonsense, then"
:-)
Marius Hancu
Donna Richoux
> Marius Hancu wrote:
> > Hello:
> >
> > "Shoot no wonder, then"
> > does it mean
> > "don't talk nonsense?"
>
> "Shoot" is a substitute for "shit" here.
Etymologically, okay, but not necessarily consciously. Millions of
people have said "Shoot" because they knew it as an expression of mild
disappointment, not because they had any urge to say "Shit" and were
censoring themselves.
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Donna Richoux
contrex
that he can read. Jem replies "So what?"
“I just thought you’d like to know I can read. You got anything needs
readin’ I can do it....”
“How old are you,” asked Jem, “four-and-a-half?”
“Goin’ on seven.”
“Shoot no wonder, then,” said Jem, jerking his thumb at me. “Scout
yonder’s been readin’ ever since she was born, and she ain’t even
started to school yet. You look right puny for goin’ on seven.”
I understood it thus...
Shoot! No wonder, then (that you can read. Early literacy is common
around here.) Scout yonder (over there) has been reading since she was
born.
"Shoot no wonder" appears to be a common exclamation in certain
regions of the USA
Shoot, no wonder I'm screwed up
Shoot no wonder!!!!!!!!!!!!! no wonder i cant play
SHoot! No WONDER she loves Steph so darned much!
Shoot no wonder you were having trouble....
SHOOT !! No wonder they're having to rattle their sabres so loud!
Shoot, no wonder when i take it, after 10 mins my 'u know what' stand
up and become so hard.
Well shoot no wonder you're going broke!
dominek...@gmail.com
fair enough