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Etymology in Oz

Posted on September 7, 2016 by Nathan

I bought a few old Baum Bugle issues at OzCon in Portland, and they have some interesting content. There was apparently a sometime recurring feature called “Footnotes to Oz” that explained names in the Oz series, written by Jerry Tobias. … Continue reading →

Posted in Authors, Characters, Etymology, Humor, J.R.R. Tolkien, Jack Snow, John R. Neill, L. Frank Baum, Language, Names, Oz, Oz Authors, Places, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged bell-snickle, beowulf, betsy bobbin, boolooroo, christopher gise, corabia, dorothy and the wizard in oz, footnotes to oz, fred meyer, gabooches, gilbert and sullivan, gillikins, isle of phreex, jack pumpkinhead of oz, jellia jamb, jerry tobias, karwan bashi, mandrakes, mangaboos, martin gardner, menankypoo, michael patrick hearn, mogodore, munchkins, nikobo, nikobob, oogaboo, orcs, orks, para bruin, pastoria, pingaree, quiberon, rak, rocs, salye soforth, samandra, tarara, tattypoo, the baum bugle, the mikado, the tin woodman of oz, tik-tok of oz, tippetarius, wizard of oz, woot the wanderer | 4 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

All Ozma’s Parties

Posted on August 21, 2014 by Nathan

It may seem a bit odd to wish a happy birthday to a fictional character, but I’ve seen people do it for Harry Potter and Bilbo and Frodo Baggins, so why not? According to The Road to Oz, today is … Continue reading →

Posted in Characters, John R. Neill, L. Frank Baum, Oz, Oz Authors | Tagged cowardly lion, diana merryman, dorothy gale, eleanor kennedy, emerald city, glinda, good witch of the north, hungry tiger, j. l. bell, kabumpo, kiki aru, nome king, ozcalator, ozma, ozma's swap party, para bruin, polychrome, professor wogglebug, santa claus, the braided man of oz, the magic of oz, the road to oz, the wonder city of oz, tik-tok, tin woodman, to oz through the mists, ugu the shoemaker, wizard of oz | Leave a comment

Sing It Hi, Sing It Lo

Posted on May 29, 2013 by Nathan

I was considering writing a post on prophecies in the Oz books, but it looks like I already did that. Why do I always forget my own post topics? While I mentioned that L. Frank Baum didn’t really use prophecies … Continue reading →

Posted in Characters, Jack Snow, L. Frank Baum, Oz, Oz Authors, Places | Tagged chick the cherub, hiland, john dough, john dough and the cherub, loland, para bruin, prophecy, the magic of oz, who's who in oz | 6 Comments

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