Tag Archives: ozish

It’s All About the Shoes

Posted on September 27, 2019 by Nathan

On Facebook, there’s been some argument on the cover of the latest Baum Bugle, which I haven’t received. It’s possible my membership has lapsed, because it seems like I never get warnings about that. It isn’t a great design, as … Continue reading →

Posted in Characters, Chris Dulabone, Eric Shanower, Greek Mythology, Hugh Pendexter, John R. Neill, L. Frank Baum, Magic, Magic Items, Marin Elizabeth Xiques, Mythology, Oz, Oz Authors, Phil Lewin, Places, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged a foolish fable from oz, betsy bobbin, boots, braided man, carter green, clothing, deadly desert, dorothy gale, dorothy of oz, enilrul, glinda, great book of records, jack pumpkinhead, jenny jump, karyl carlson, laura jane musser, magic belt, mercury, nome king, ojo, ojo in oz, oz and the three witches, oziana, ozish, ozlection, pingaree, quick sandals, r.k. lionel, realbad, return to oz, rinkitink in oz, roger baum, Ruby Slippers, shoes, silver shoes, sky island, snufferbux, tappy town, technicolor, the baum bugle, the braided man of oz, the hungry tiger of oz, the romance of the silver shoes, the runaway in oz, the silver shoes of oz, the witch queen of oz, the wizard of oz (1939), the wonder city of oz, the wonderful wizard of oz, wam, wicked witch of the east, wicked witch of the west, witches, wizard of oz | 3 Comments

If I Could Talk with the Animals

Posted on March 4, 2015 by Nathan

While they can often amount to the same thing in narrative, there’s a clear difference between animals speaking in human language and people being able to understand animal language. Dr. Dolittle is probably the most famous example of the latter, … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, L. Frank Baum, Language, Magic, Mythology, Norse, Oz, Oz Authors, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged ali dubh, comfortable camel, doctor dolittle, doubtful dromedary, elixir of life, fafnir, john dough, john dough and the cherub, king solomon, ozish, para bruin, pittypat the rabbit, polychrome, queen zixi of ix, santa claus, siegfried, the life and adventures of santa claus, the royal book of oz, the tin woodman of oz, tin woodman | Leave a comment

Carpeting the Gaps

Posted on December 11, 2013 by Nathan

The Magic Carpet of Oz, by David Hulan – I was in communication with David back when I first joined the International Wizard of Oz Club more than twenty years ago. He offered me some advice on the Oz stories … Continue reading →

Posted in Characters, L. Frank Baum, Magic Items, Oz, Oz Authors, Places, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged a bungled kidnapping in oz, boboland, david hulan, deadly desert, eureka in oz, frogman, handy mandy, handy mandy in oz, kingdom of dreams, magic carpet, margaret berg, mount mern, oziana, ozish, ozma, ozma of oz, rinkitink in oz, the emerald city of oz, the lost princess of oz, the magic carpet of oz, the tin woodman of oz, ugu the shoemaker, whimsies, zif, zosozo | 6 Comments

The Roots of Language in Oz

Posted on November 19, 2013 by Nathan

My recent post on language in the Oz books has led to some interesting discussion on this topic. Many of the names of native Ozites are either descriptive of the characters or puns, if not both. There are also frequently … Continue reading →

Posted in Etymology, L. Frank Baum, Language, Magic Items, Oz, Oz Authors, Places, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged aaron adelman, boq, buzzub, captain salt in oz, chinda, english, gayelette, german, glinda, good witch of the north, handy mandy in oz, happy toko, hippopotamus, jocasta, king gugu, king sizzeroo, latin, michael patrick hearn, mogodore, nikobo, nimmie amee, nox the ox, oedipus, ojo, omby amby, oogaboo, ozish, pastoria, potaroo, professor wogglebug, quelala, scarecrow, silver island, sleeperoo, sultan of samandra, swahili, the annotated wizard of oz, the royal book of oz, the wonderful wizard of oz, tik-tok of oz, tin woodman, ugu the shoemaker, woot the wanderer | 10 Comments

This Is Fairyland, Speak Ozish

Posted on November 12, 2013 by Nathan

I’ve written before about how everyone in Oz at least seems to speak English. Ruth Plumly Thompson apparently thought Ozish and English were the same language, while Sherwood Smith’s books give some hints of an automatic translation spell of sorts. … Continue reading →

Posted in Characters, Language, Oz, Oz Authors, Ruth Plumly Thompson, Television, The Simpsons | Tagged airish, anuther planet, atmos fere, dinosaurs, english, ozish, ozma, peter brown, pirates in oz, planetty, shell city, sherwood smith, speedy, speedy in oz, terrybubble, the hungry tiger of oz, the silver princess in oz | 19 Comments

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It’s All About the Shoes

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