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5 May 2025

So Happy with the Warm Welcome at "Lost Lingo" Saturday

Over the weekend, we debuted an updated version of "Lost Lingo," the talk we gave at the International Agatha Christie Festival last fall. Our hosts, Vito and Melany, were very welcoming as were the folks that came to hear our presentation.

One of those in attendance had traveled from Wisconsin! Also in the audience was Mary, the marketing person for Lake Park Film Appreciation Society. It was the Society's organizer, Don, who originally put us in touch with Vito.

The presentation went well with only a tiny technical hiccup, and in addition to books, we sold the last of our "mysteries are my cup of tea" teacup plant pots. Guess we'll need to get more, since they're a fun add-on when giving Agatha Annotated as a gift.

Many thanks to Vito and Melany, as well as Don and Mary, and all those who came out to see us!

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This website is the home of the Agatha Christie database as annotated by Kate Gingold, hence the name Agatha Annotated.

It's a rich glossary of

nearly 1900 terms
over 200 illustrations
347 French phrases

Kate found them while reading Agatha Christie novels, and wrote them, along with definitions curated from years of research, into this database.

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Agatha Annotated: Glossary of Terms

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... has been a huge fan of the works of Agatha Christie her entire adult life. Christie's vivid descriptions of picturesque English life in the early-to-mid twentieth century fascinated Kate, but many of the people and places were unfamiliar to her. A writer herself, as well as a researcher and historian with several local history books to her credit, Kate began a list of these strange words and set out to define them. Now, Christie fans like you and all those who come after will be able to fully enjoy the richness of Agatha Christie novels with their own copy of Agatha Annotated.

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