Green Eggs and Ham contains just fifty words.
Doctor Seuss' publisher, Bennett Cerf bet him fifty dollars he could
not write a book using just fifty words. Cerf lost. Forty nine of
the fifty words are one syllable words.
The U.S. Constitution has 4,543 words, including signatures. Abraham
Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address contained 271 words. The US Tax Code
has about 3,800,000 words, but is constantly being updated.
Showing posts with label Dr. Seuss. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Dr. Seuss. Show all posts
Apr 27, 2012
Mar 9, 2012
What's in a Name, Dr. Seuss
The “Dr.” in “Dr. Seuss” was in homage to Theodore Geisel’s father’s hope that his son would get his PhD. Geisel instead dropped out of the PhD program at Oxford. He did eventually receive several honorary doctorates.
“Seuss” was his mother’s maiden name as well as his own middle name.
Geisel first used the pen name “Seuss” in college after being removed as the editor of the Dartmouth College’s humor magazine 'Jack-O-Lantern' and being banned from writing for that magazine after he was caught drinking by the dean.
He subsequently started publishing under various pen names, including T. Seuss. and Dr. Theophrastus Seuss, which was shortened to Dr. Seuss. He also had an alternate pen name that he also wrote under which was Theo LeSieg. The “Theo” is short for “Theodor”, and “LeSieg” is “Geisel” spelled backwards.
The proper pronunciation of Seuss is actually “Zoice” (rhymes with “voice”) as it is a Bavarian name. Due to the fact that most Americans pronounced it incorrectly as Soose, Geisel later gave in, stopped correcting people, and decided mispronunciation was a good thing because it is “advantageous for an author of children’s books to be associated with Mother Goose.”
He would have been 108 years old this month. He died in 1991.
“Seuss” was his mother’s maiden name as well as his own middle name.
Geisel first used the pen name “Seuss” in college after being removed as the editor of the Dartmouth College’s humor magazine 'Jack-O-Lantern' and being banned from writing for that magazine after he was caught drinking by the dean.
He subsequently started publishing under various pen names, including T. Seuss. and Dr. Theophrastus Seuss, which was shortened to Dr. Seuss. He also had an alternate pen name that he also wrote under which was Theo LeSieg. The “Theo” is short for “Theodor”, and “LeSieg” is “Geisel” spelled backwards.
The proper pronunciation of Seuss is actually “Zoice” (rhymes with “voice”) as it is a Bavarian name. Due to the fact that most Americans pronounced it incorrectly as Soose, Geisel later gave in, stopped correcting people, and decided mispronunciation was a good thing because it is “advantageous for an author of children’s books to be associated with Mother Goose.”
He would have been 108 years old this month. He died in 1991.
Sep 22, 2010
Top Ten Dead Celebrities Incomes
Income for 2009.
10. Michael Crichton - $9 million (Author)
9. Albert Einstein - $10 million (Mainly gained from licensing his likeness)
8. Dr. Seuss (Theodor Geisel) - $15 million (Children's books)
7. John Lennon - $15 million
6. Charles Schulz - $35 million (Creator of Peanuts cartoons)
5. J.R.R. Tolkien - $50 million (Lord of the Rings)
4. Elvis Presley - $55 million
3. Michael Jackson - $90 million
2. Rodgers & Hammerstein - $235 million (Composers, South Pacific, Oklahoma, etc.)
1. Yves Saint Laurent - $350 million (Clothing designer - derived mostly from the auctions of his estate)
10. Michael Crichton - $9 million (Author)
9. Albert Einstein - $10 million (Mainly gained from licensing his likeness)
8. Dr. Seuss (Theodor Geisel) - $15 million (Children's books)
7. John Lennon - $15 million
6. Charles Schulz - $35 million (Creator of Peanuts cartoons)
5. J.R.R. Tolkien - $50 million (Lord of the Rings)
4. Elvis Presley - $55 million
3. Michael Jackson - $90 million
2. Rodgers & Hammerstein - $235 million (Composers, South Pacific, Oklahoma, etc.)
1. Yves Saint Laurent - $350 million (Clothing designer - derived mostly from the auctions of his estate)
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