Comments on: The way she's running, you would think the Borg Queen was chasing her or something

By: Amy

Amy — Sun, 20 Jan 2008 23:13:57 +0000

Hee. The Run Lola Run is my favorite. It weirdly fits the video.

By: Anna

Anna — Sun, 20 Jan 2008 06:10:13 +0000

Well that just proves how little I know S&S! Thanks for the clarification. Lol Marianne’s competence vs Elinor’s wealth!

By: Doris

Doris — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 14:22:52 +0000

is funy video…she run and run..i can´t imagine Anne Elliot run in this way…

By: Tina B.

Tina B. — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 15:07:14 +0000

Robin – Thanks for the link. Intuitively, $300,000 sounds more accurate to me, but I do understand the $6m if you consider what the money bought compared to today. I was just thinking if I went out for the evening and met someone who made $6m per year!! That would never happen, although meeting someone who makes $300,000 would probably give me the same feeling that the people at the Meryton assembly felt.

Anna – I was referring to the conversation between Elinor, Marianne and Edward where they are talking about how much money they would like to have to live on. Elinor wants wealth, while Marianne insists that she only needs a competence. And then it turns out that Marianne’s competence is 2,000 a year while Elinor’s wealth is 1,000 a year. That’s in chapter 17.

By: Anna

Anna — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 14:05:50 +0000

Also, Tina, I believe (but feel free to correct me) that Elinor was only to receive a single sum of 1,000 pounds on her marriage. So her entire inheritence was $600,000, and she wasn’t going to get that every single year.

By: robin

robin — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 02:25:44 +0000

Tina, see Brad De Long’s piece titled “How Rich Is Fitzwilliam Darcy?”
According to De Long, Darcy’s ten thousand pounds a year would give him about six million dollars in annual disposable income in modern terms. I’m guessing that is where the 1,000 pounds = $600,000 per year estimate comes from. http://www.j-bradford-delong.net/movable_type/2003_archives/002730.html
The De Long piece and the associated comments make interesting reading, and I think other academic economists have since added to this ongoing discussion.

By: Tina B.

Tina B. — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 00:53:49 +0000

I liked the personal ads, but were the modern-day equivalent of the income figures correct? Edward’s total-dependence-on-his-mother income is $60,000 per year? Elinor’s “competence” was 1,000 pounds = $600,000 per year???

By: robin

robin — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 20:52:53 +0000

Doh!! Now I get it!
Thanks, Reeba!

By: Reeba

Reeba — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 20:24:59 +0000

LOL!! That was real fun. Hilarious!!!

@robin.
I think Anny has been substituted in place of Benny of Benny Hill, the music playing was from that series.

By: robin

robin — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 19:46:31 +0000

What is Anny Hill? I searched on IMDb and google and came up with Fanny Hill and Annie Hall, but not Anny Hill. Now Fanny Hill I know since it’s in my period .. but Anny?? By the way, I never knew how many films have “Fanny Hill” in the title; for instance, “Fanny Hill meets Dr. Erotico” (known in the USA as “Fanny Hill meets Dr. Exotico”)