For me it is the optometrist who has the good stuff...Does anybody know that Dr. Seuss was born in Massachusetts?Originally Posted by papayahed
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For me it is the optometrist who has the good stuff...Does anybody know that Dr. Seuss was born in Massachusetts?
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Haven't read him.
Never. And we heard about him only about a year ago.
None of his books have been translated into Estonian, you see. (we wonder, by the things we have heard of his writings, how translatable is he anyway)
But happy birthday anyway.
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I am sorry to prove you wrong, but I have never read him or even heard about him before.
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I love Dr. Suess. His books are just as good today as they were when I was a kid
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I was not familiar with Dr Seuss' books till couple of years ago (I should thank Stan for encouraging me to read them!
It is true that owing to his style, it would be an almost-impossible task to translate his books into other languages, which is probably why most of the non-English-speaker-members of the Forum (like myself) did not read his books as children.
I think BibliophileTRJ's assumption that Dr Seuss is read by everyone on the Forum would be true for those whose first language is English and was probably aimed at them anyway.
As someone who has become a Dr Seuss fan late in life, I say it is never too late to give his books a try if you haven't already done so.
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He's probably not very translatable. He's got a very unique sense of rhyme and he makes up a lot of his own words. I doubt he would work in another language, which is really a shame. He's a genius
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Wow Happy Birthday Dr. Seuss. I had all of his books as a kid. It is interesting to think that those whose first language isn't English haven't read him.
Yes...better late than never to read him.
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I think we forget too often that Dr Seuss really only can be read in English (because of the rhyming and rhythm), so of course, people in non-English speaking countries may never have come across him.
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