{"id":1101,"date":"2016-11-15T09:00:35","date_gmt":"2016-11-15T14:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lucynolanbooks.com\/wordpress\/?p=1101"},"modified":"2016-11-09T20:21:33","modified_gmt":"2016-11-10T01:21:33","slug":"i-forgot-one-she-chided-herself","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/lucynolanbooks.com\/wordpress\/2016\/11\/15\/i-forgot-one-she-chided-herself\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cI Forgot One,\u201d She Chided Herself"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"ComputerWhen I wrote before about Nancy Drew-isms<\/a>, the words and phrases author Carolyn Keene uses over and over, I can\u2019t believe I left one out! I\u2019ve been chiding myself about that ever since. And, of course, that word is…chide.<\/p>\n

Maybe I subconsciously didn\u2019t include \u201cchide\u201d with the Big Three — chagrin, ruefully and fairly flew — because unlike those, I don\u2019t try to purge \u201cchide\u201d from my writing. In fact, I actually used it in a business email recently.<\/p>\n

Of course you can \u201cchide\u201d others. But in my memories, Nancy was always chiding herself.<\/p>\n

Rapidly she searched her handbag for the key. It was not there. \u201cI must have left the key in the ignition!\u201d she chided herself. (Lilac Inn) <\/p>\n

Nancy chided herself for leaving her flashlight in the car and said she would get it. (Old Attic)<\/p>\n

Chiding herself for having been duped, Nancy struggled furiously to get away from her captor. (Invisible Intruder) <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Looking back, I didn\u2019t realize how often George chides, too. Of course, unlike Nancy, George doesn\u2019t chide herself. She chides Bess. <\/p>\n

\u201cDon’t be chicken,\u201d George chided her cousin. (Moss-Covered Mansion) <\/p>\n

\u201cNow don’t be silly,\u201d George chided her cousin. \u201cYou know very well there are no ghosts.\u201d (Haunted Bridge) <\/p>\n

Bess looked uncomfortable and her cousin chided her. \u201cI’m surprised at your falling for such a story,\u201d George said. (Hidden Window) <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Come, come George. You might not want to admit it, but let\u2019s face it, Bess usually has a good reason for being timid. And what happens when she goes against her instincts? Oh, let\u2019s see, being chased by a robot and locked up in a hidden tunnel<\/a>, for one.<\/p>\n

But mostly, George\u2019s chiding takes the form of what we would call \u201cfat shaming\u201d today. She constantly chides Bess about her weight — and she can be pretty ruthless about it.<\/p>\n

I have no doubt Bess and George love each other very much. In fact, I think they would be lost without each other. But sometimes George\u2019s chiding is a bit too much. Just look at how Bess is starting to react …<\/p>\n

Bess opened her large handbag and brought out a box of crackers and a candy bar. She gave them to Ned, saying, \u201cI always carry a little snack for emergency. I guess this is an emergency.\u201d She looked sideways at George as if expecting to be either teased or chided<\/strong>\u2026 (Spider Sapphire)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Cousins are some of the most important relationships we will ever have. I absolutely adore my cousins. They can put me in my place when they need to. But…they are more likely to lift me up. <\/p>\n

So lay off, George!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

When I wrote before about Nancy Drew-isms, the words and phrases author Carolyn Keene uses over and over, I can\u2019t believe I left one out! I\u2019ve been chiding myself about that ever since. And, of course, that word is…chide. Maybe … Continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1100,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[24],"class_list":["post-1101","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nancy-drewsday","tag-nancy-drew"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/lucynolanbooks.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1101","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/lucynolanbooks.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/lucynolanbooks.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/lucynolanbooks.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/lucynolanbooks.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1101"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/lucynolanbooks.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1101\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1107,"href":"http:\/\/lucynolanbooks.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1101\/revisions\/1107"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/lucynolanbooks.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1100"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/lucynolanbooks.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1101"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/lucynolanbooks.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1101"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/lucynolanbooks.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1101"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}