PDA

View Full Version : What does this mean?

BBF
11-12-2002, 04:33 PM
I was just wondering...When reading Jerry Mathers' bio, I noticed a little something. Barbara Billingsley added a little bit to the book and in one part she says something like (about Hugh Beaumont) "At first we didn't even get along. He called me a Pollyanna and that teed me off"
What does it mean to be called a "Pollyanna"?
BBF:wave:
boechsner
11-12-2002, 04:37 PM
Originally posted by BeaversBiggestFan
I was just wondering...When reading Jerry Mathers' bio, I noticed a little something. Barbara Billingsley added a little bit to the book and in one part she says something like (about Hugh Beaumont) "At first we didn't even get along. He called me a Pollyanna and that teed me off"
What does it mean to be called a "Pollyanna"?
BBF:wave:

It's nothing serious. But being referred to as a Pollyanna, is really nothing more than being called a goody-two-shoes.
frani
11-12-2002, 09:31 PM
It also means someone who always sees the positive side of things no matter what. It's from a movie popular in the early sixties with Hayley Mills as Pollyanna.
BrandonS
11-13-2002, 12:00 PM
Or a novel written by Eleanor Porter in 1913.
BBF
11-13-2002, 01:25 PM
Thanks guys...I think boechsner's definition was what she meant. I can see someone calling Barbara that...even though she WASN'T (IMO, although I've never met her :(...)
eyefocus
11-16-2002, 12:31 PM
According to Merriam-Webster dictionary:




Main Entry: Pol·ly·an·na
Pronunciation: "pä-lE-'a-n&
Function: noun
Etymology: Pollyanna, heroine of the novel Pollyanna (1913) by
Eleanor Porter died 1920 American fiction writer
Date: 1921
: a person characterized by irrepressible optimism and a tendency
to find good in everything
- Pollyanna adjective

Makes sense now doesn't it.

Cory
:wave: :wave: :wave: :wave:
BBF
11-16-2002, 01:01 PM
Originally posted by eyefocus
According to Merriam-Webster dictionary:
Main Entry: Pol·ly·an·na
Pronunciation: "pä-lE-'a-na
: a person characterized by irrepressible optimism and a tendency to find good in everything
- Pollyanna adjective

Makes sense now doesn't it.

Cory
:wave: :wave: :wave: :wave:
Ha Ha Ha ha! yeah it definitely makes sense now! :lol: So I guess Hugh thought Barbara was too nice or something! :lol:
Thanks Cory!
frani
11-16-2002, 01:11 PM
Don't forget the cultural relevance -- the movie was out around that time.