tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-731677775148546456.post7214394807738737170..comments2024-01-18T02:25:32.588-08:00Comments on The Working Writer's Screenplay: And the award goes to...Jim Makichukhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00012662767388461252noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-731677775148546456.post-32131678637613426932011-02-15T19:40:57.168-08:002011-02-15T19:40:57.168-08:00I forgot about this but I came back just now for y...I forgot about this but I came back just now for your reply and then looked it up - I'm afraid it's the old chestnut.<br />Sledge: a vehicle on runners instead of wheels for conveying loads or passengers esp. over snow.<br />Sled: a US sledge.ChrisSullivanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17331410174700621441noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-731677775148546456.post-91401353929400820672011-02-03T17:35:08.796-08:002011-02-03T17:35:08.796-08:00Sled is what you slide down a snow-covered hill or...Sled is what you slide down a snow-covered hill or in Olympics, those nasty ice sled runs.<br /><br />Sledge, the only use I know is of a sledge hammer, a big hammer that you would use to drive posts into the ground. Or TV's private eye comedy series Sledge Hammer.<br /><br />And slay, tricky here because Slay means to kill (as in dragons), but the word sleigh, which means a type of sled, is pronounced the same way. Sort of like weigh and way. Eh?Jim Makichukhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00012662767388461252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-731677775148546456.post-30383858353680601962011-02-01T10:14:00.414-08:002011-02-01T10:14:00.414-08:00Don't want to go any further with the Marion D...Don't want to go any further with the Marion Davies bit for fear of censorship!!!!<br />But answer me this: what is the correct word sled, sledge or slay (as with Santa in his slay)? I have always wondered!ChrisSullivanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17331410174700621441noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-731677775148546456.post-13818599771608193432011-02-01T08:48:39.459-08:002011-02-01T08:48:39.459-08:00Yep, referred to Marion Davies as they say... and ...Yep, referred to Marion Davies as they say... and used as a methaphor of sorts in the movie. Another piece of trivia was that she had a stutter.Jim Makichukhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00012662767388461252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-731677775148546456.post-54642709100564209352011-01-31T10:41:18.195-08:002011-01-31T10:41:18.195-08:00Rosebud was the word that offended Hearst as it me...Rosebud was the word that offended Hearst as it meant something else to him - but you're right - in the film it was his sled.ChrisSullivanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17331410174700621441noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-731677775148546456.post-50810968751042124572011-01-30T21:10:14.142-08:002011-01-30T21:10:14.142-08:00Rosebud?Rosebud?Jim Makichukhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00012662767388461252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-731677775148546456.post-69351998063212375232011-01-30T19:27:52.556-08:002011-01-30T19:27:52.556-08:00the sled???the sled???ChrisSullivanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17331410174700621441noreply@blogger.com