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Hey it’s P.G. Wodehouse’s birthday which means that @isfjmel-phleg is up for reelection as President of Annotations
What's Bertie Wooster's Myers-Briggs Type? Truly sorry if u have already mentioned. He feels like an ESTP to me but I've only read 3 books so I am probably way off
Never apologize for asks, but I’m afraid you’ve got the wrong gal! @isfjmel-phleg is the MBTI expert in this quarter!
Last time I checked, she had Bertie typed as an ESFJ. I’m sure she’d be happy to elaborate if you have any follow-up questions, comments, or thoughts on MBTI and Wodehouse in general!
Hi there! I hate to bother you but do you have any recommendations for like, P. G. Wodehouse or Psmith blogs? I love your blog and I'd love some to know what some of your favorites are! Thanks so much!
Anon, this is the opposite of a bother! I’m overjoyed to hear that you enjoy my blog, and I only wish that I could be more helpful in my reply–there’s a sad shortage of Wodehouse blogs on this internet of ours!
My number-one Wodehouse resource on Tumblr is, of course, the indispensable @isfjmel-phleg, whom I figure you have to be following already if you’re here, but giving her some advertising can’t hurt.
If you want to go off Tumblr, you can do no better than Plumtopia, which updates frequently and always has something new and interesting to chew over.
Followers, if you have any other suggestions, sound off!
@allieinarden replied to your post: I have made the decision to take down annotations...
They never needed to be an academic endeavor. They were a labor of love, they were so intelligent and they brought me so much joy. I don’t care how long it takes, I’m happy to see them again whenever you’re ready. Thank you for them now and always!!!
@incomingalbatross replied to your post: I have made the decision to take down annotations...
As someone who greatly enjoyed your annotations when I first discovered them, I'm a little sad to see them go, but I support your reasoning and your wanting them to be up to your standards! As Allie said, thank you for having shared them with in the first place.
@readalong replied to your post: I have made the decision to take down annotations...
I started reading the books almost entirely because you made them sound interesting and I wanted to understand the annotations.
Thank you all. For everything.
I have made the decision to take down annotations for the time being. They are very informal and not scholarly, potentially full of error, and kind of embarrassing. I know they weren’t completely worthless, and I did enjoy doing them at the time, but they’re not what they ought to be, and it’s bothersome to leave them out there in that state.
Someday they might reappear in proper form, better researched, with citations and so on like the academic endeavor they should have been in the first place, but I don’t see this happening in the near future. I’m still burned out on this topic, at least from a scholarly perspective, and the annotations seem to belong to someone else, who had ambitions I’m not sure exist anymore.
It’ll take a while to redact everything, but gradually it will all vanish. The posts won’t be deleted because all the comments meant a lot and I don’t want to lose them. In the meantime, I’m open to answering any Psmith-related questions in lieu of annotations. Thank you, everyone who came for the annotations and stayed even after they stopped. You’ve made this worthwhile and maybe someday I can present you with a product of the quality you deserve.
[7] Perhaps an error for ‘beezer’ . OED cites Wodehouse usage in Hot Water and Jeeves in the Offing.
11] Perhaps an error for ‘soak it to them’ (= ‘sock it to them’). OED cites Wodehouse usage in Their Mutual Child and Laughing Gas.
Thank you for the submissions, Barmy! Could you specify which annotations you are referring to?
If it’s any easier, you can also send questions or comments through the askbox.
At the time I did most of the annotations, I did not have access to the full OED (though I do now) and other useful resources, and I regret that they are not as thoroughly researched as I would like. I’m hoping to revise, correct, and expand on the annotations at some point in the future.
What’s next in annotations
Thanks for keeping up with the updating of the Leave It to Psmith annotations! I hope they were interesting.
For now, I am going back to putting annotations on hold. Not for the same reason as the last hiatus, but because I am in the middle of working on the Psmith thesis, which is very demanding work. The thesis will be finished by February 15, so we might be able to look forward to annotations in the spring. But I can’t promise anything definitely at this point.
If/when the annotations continue, what would you like to see? Would you like a revisitation of something previously done (it’s been years, and most of it could stand to be updated), or something new? Or Something New?
Anything from 1923 or earlier is ideal since I would be able to post both text and notes. Later works are doable, but you would need to refer to your own copy to follow along.
Leave It to Psmith, Chapter Fourteen
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