[Vwoolf] Fancy not knowing that!

[Jeremy Hawthorn]

It's a good example of what for many might be an unknown unknown: those 
unfamiliar with cricket might well assume that the nets are for tennis. 
(Another unknown unknown for me was the pirate bus in Mrs Dalloway - 
which before you contextualised it, Stuart, I thought was just a bit of 
romancing on Elizabeth's part. Annotators, I agree, need to be alert to 
the possibility of such ignorance.) The things we know we don't know can 
always be looked up; the things we don't know we don't know remain 
unresearched.

J

On 05.04.2021 17:23, Stuart N. Clarke via Vwoolf wrote:
> It was intended as a gentle tease of foreigners outwith the Empire – 
> but also an implied criticism of annotated editions that don’t explain 
> what readers might need to know.
> Stuart
> *From:* Jeremy Hawthorn via Vwoolf
> *Sent:* Monday, April 5, 2021 4:10 PM
> *To:* vwoolf at lists.osu.edu
> *Subject:* Re: [Vwoolf] Fancy not knowing that!
>
> I suspect you of playing "tease the foreigner" Stuart! I had a memory 
> that when in Hollywood, Sir Cedric Hardwicke expected all expatriot 
> Brits to turn up for net practice for the local cricket team, but 
> could not find this on line. But I did find this, from around the time 
> of /The Waves/:
>
> "The headmaster of High Wycombe Royal Grammar School, Mr. E.R.Tucker, 
> in an effort to stimulate the interest of parents in school affairs, 
> has arranged cricket practice at the nets for fathers once a week."
>
> Evening Post, Wednesday August 14, 1935
>
> On 05.04.2021 16:40, Stuart N. Clarke via Vwoolf wrote:
>> When the boys are at school in “The Waves”, Louis “said”:
>> “We are parting, some to tea; some to the nets ...”
>> Alles klar?
>> Stuart
>> (Day 384)
>>
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