When they're looking for Eustace in VDT after he goes missing on Dragon Island, they're describe as shouting, "Eustace! Eustace! Coo-ee!"
I'd never really heard that last part before.
Something online I saw seemed about as confused!
"What is coo-ee?" asked Jack. "No idea, but they said that in the book, they shouted, "Eustace! Eustace! Coo-ee!" And so I decided I wanted to shout coo-ee.".
Is it a real expression?
"Coo-ee"? :p
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Re: "Coo-ee"? :p
Here's an explanation from wikipedia. It's an expression I am used to, but I didn't know it origin until I looked here.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cooee
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cooee
“Not all of us can choose what we give up. The things we love are taken or are never ours at all. If we’re lucky, life is defined not by what we let go, but what we let in: friendship and kind words, frailty and hope.”
From 'Call The Midwife', S9 Ep2
From 'Call The Midwife', S9 Ep2
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Re: "Coo-ee"? :p
That is a really interesting article there coracle. Its a fairly common expression in the UK (perhaps more so amongst older generations) but i didn't realise it had any specific meaning other than being a generic call-out like "yoo-hoo!"
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