Timmy - Timothy - Tim in the Books?

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I'm happy some-one gets my jokes. My friends don't... :(
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Yes I got your joke..... but the comment was actually related to the pun...

anyway..... hopefully you don't go chasing after rabbits and get stuck in holes... :D LOL
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*goes finds rabbit hole and stick head in it*

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7upromana01 wrote:
I didn't actually do that.

LOL! I don't believe you! :wink:
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I always think it is when George is cross she calls Timmy Timothy and Uncle Quentin always seems to call him Timothy. All the children refer to him as Tim or Timmy I think!
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Yes, kinda like my dad calls me Sunskriti when he's cross!
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Yes, exactly like that Darrell!
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But, when he's pleased with me he's like Pilloo, ( Marathi ( our language) word for darling)
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So I'm a bit like Timmy too!
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Well, questions such as this start to niggle at me, so I went and had a look! The first mention of 'Timmy' that I see is actually as early as book 2, "Five Go Adventuring Again"; page 22 of the 1950 edition, H&S hardback.
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In the first book " Five on a Treasure Island" in Chapter 3 where Timothy is introduced to George's cousins as Timothy.

In the same chapter and beyond that Timothy is called Tim in this first book.
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Timmy - Timothy - Tim in the Books?

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Merged with an older topic.

Timmy - Timothy - Tim In The Books?

'Timmy' doesn't appear until book two. 'Timothy' is absent from more than 12 books, 'Timmy' appears over 300 times in one book!

Looking at the figures, which book mentions him the most and the least??

Five on a Treasure Island Timmy 0 Timothy 40 Tim 155

Five Go Adventuring Again Timmy 47 Timothy 119 Tim 161

Five Run Away Together Timmy 152 Timothy 82 Tim 20

Five Go to Smuggler's Top Timmy 296 Timothy 3 Tim 16

Five Go Off in a Caravan Timmy 248 Timothy 3 Tim 10

Five on Kirrin Island Again Timmy 337 Timothy 1 Tim 20

Five Go Off to Camp Timmy 205 Timothy 0 Tim 5

Five Get Into Trouble Timmy 204 Timothy 1 Tim 6

Five Fall Into Adventure Timmy 242 Timothy 1 Tim 10

Five on a Hike Together Timmy 217 Timothy 0 Tim 22

Five Have a Wonderful Time Timmy 176 Timothy 0 Tim 3

Five Go Down to the Sea Timmy 179 Timothy 0 Tim 10

Five Go to Mystery Moor Timmy 240 Timothy 0 Tim 27

Five Have Plenty of Fun Timmy 248 Timothy 0 Tim 25

Five on a Secret Trail Timmy 275 Timothy 0 Tim 30

Five Go to Billycock Hill Timmy 210 Timothy 1 Tim 32

Five Get Into a Fix Timmy 208 Timothy 0 Tim 48

Five on Finniston Farm Timmy 147 Timothy 0 Tim 23

Five Go to Demon's Rocks Timmy 162 Timothy 0 Tim 11

Five Have a Mystery to Solve Timmy 302 Timothy 0 Tim 32

Five Are Together Again Timmy 164 Timothy 0 Tim 7

The Famous Five Short Story Collection Timmy 304 Timothy 0 Tim 47
Any observations, comments are welcome. These figures have been compiled by myself and any errors,corrections discovered would be most welcome.

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'Timmy' receives 109 mentions in Liam Martin's excellent research/analysis book:
Dissecting the Magic of Enid Blyton's Famous Five Books which is available for kindle download at a very reasonable rate:

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I assume that as the series went on Enid settled for Timmy as the usual appellation. Timothy and Tim dwindle to almost nothing, don't they!
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Five Go to Billycock Hill - 1957 - The very last mention of 'Timothy' in the books..
A man came round the gorse bush - rather a peculiar figure, untidy, with glasses slipping down his nose, and his hair much too long. He carried a big butterfly net and stopped when he saw the five children.
‘Hallo!’ he said. ‘Who are all these, Toby? Quite a crowd!’

‘Friends of mine, Mr Gringle,’ said Toby solemnly. ‘Allow me to introduce them. Julian Kirrin, Dick Kirrin, Anne Kirrin, George Kirrin, their cousin - and their dog Timothy.’

‘Ha - pleased to meet you!’ said Mr Gringle, and came shambling forward, his big butterfly net over his shoulder. Behind his glasses shone curiously bright eyes.
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I know I found it quite a 'shock' when I first read 'Five On A Treasure Island' (aged about 25) to discover that 'Timmy' (who I'd read about in Smuggler's Top and Mystery Moor annual versions as a child) was originally called 'Timothy'! What a mouthful! As dog names go its a bit formal! :lol:
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