From chapters 1-7, that chapters the blog was supposed to be about, there were many questions. However, one that still sticks out for me is present in chapter 4 when the family is sitting around criticizing Pip.
"'Besides,' said Mr. Pumblechook, turning sharp on me, 'think what you've got to be grateful for. If you'd been born a squeaker--' 'He was, if ever a child was,' said my sister, most emphatically. Joe gave me some more gravy. 'Well, but I mean a four-footed squaker,' said Mr. Pumblechook."
I'm sure to the ears of the original audience this made perfect sense, but to my 21st century eares this lingo is still rather odd. I'm sure there's something to be said about Pip and his appearance from their description, but I don't know what it is.
Of course, I'm sure there's nothing one google search can't tell me.
-Aaron
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