Whether it’s an old classic from our childhood days or an exciting tale about a damsel in distress, many of us love losing ourselves in a good book. One user loves reading so much that it has become her area of expertise on Answers. Mainly found in the Books & Authors category, Sincerely Yours has been answering away for over a year and built up more than 10,000 points. When talking about her passion, she says: “My love of literature started at an early age… It seems to me that I have been reading all my life and, indeed, life just wouldn’t seem the same if I didn’t have a book on the go.”
Although she is retired, Sincerely Yours is in the middle of writing her first novel. Luckily, in between trying to create a great page-turner, she still finds time to write brilliant replies on Answers, replies which are of great quality and insight. For example, DR Power wanted to know about the portrayal of a certain character in ‘Great Expectations.’ Even though it’s a specific question, she gave a detailed answer and explained her points clearly. So, while one user was trying to figure out the nature of a character, another was stuck on the task of finding examples of verbal irony in ‘Romeo and Juliet.’ Now, as we know, Shakespeare is not the easiest of play writers to make sense of, but Sincerely Yours had little trouble.
Having worked in the theatrical profession for a decade, and taught drama and English to students, her words of wisdom have spilled over to the Theatre & Acting section too on Answers. Walter, an answerer wondering what the Commedia dell’Arte genre is, must have been pleased when our specialist wrote back with a well researched answer saying: “the genre can best be described as improvised Pantomime, although there is an element of the Masque about it, since masks are a crucial convention.”
Packing all of her impressive answers into this feature is a difficult task, but by sharing her knowledge on binding books and the real meaning behind a certain poem, our featured user has proven that there really is no end to her personal diary of answers.
She may have read innumerable books, but in our opinion, the best story of all is that of how sincerely yours encountered Answers: “I got into Yahoo! Answers because I had an email problem. I asked for help with this, and while I was waiting for an answer I started to explore the pages. When I found Books & Authors I was in heaven.”
“I don’t feel that newcomers are aware that there is this wealth of knowledge already stored just waiting to be tapped,” she adds. “I love the idea of this free repository of stored knowledge created by millions of ordinary people around the world. People who are willing to help others just for the sheer joy of it. I call it ‘The Peoples’ Encyclopaedia’.”
It’s thanks to users like Sincerely Yours that ‘The People’s Encyclopaedia’ never runs out of knowledge. Congratulations on being this week’s featured user!
– Yahoo! UK & Ireland Answers team
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