Comments on: Dope, proofs, hoops, words

By: oyceter

oyceter — Wed, 04 Oct 2006 21:21:44 +0000

Page proofs! The joy!

Also, completely off topic, I read Mely’s account of your dinner with her and Rachel and am immensely jealous, particularly of your ability to eat all things that look like braaaaaiiiinnnns.

Mmmmm, braaaaaiiiiiinnnnns.

By: veejane

veejane — Fri, 29 Sep 2006 15:32:15 +0000

I have been *firmly* *lessoned* in my reading skills and return, penitent, with weblinks for the enjoyment and edification of our host: Harvard dialect maps (North America) Really long Wikipedia article about British vs. American dialect, including cool stuff like morphology (with separate link to Australian dialect) Photographs of grouse

By: veejane

veejane — Fri, 29 Sep 2006 14:59:08 +0000

> I had no idea "grouse" was more of a Victorian word. Speaking of word-variations, I spent a long moment wondering, "What does an historical period ghave to do with regionalisms?" Yes, hello, ignorant American. "Grouse" as in the bird, or "grouse" as in the verb meaning complain? (I use both, but don't have much to contribute to an Asutralian dialect map. There have been some wonderful US dialect maps, from which it can be determined that it's a miracle Americans can understand one another.) [Blog overlord grumpily points out: this question has already been asked and answered.]

By: little willow

little willow — Fri, 29 Sep 2006 14:24:13 +0000

Ghosts of Albion: Witchery is out now! It is written by Christopher Golden and Amber Benson and set in Victorian England, with magic and ghosts and beasties and things that go bump in the night as well as hilarious sidekicks and famous poets. Of course, I recommend seeing and reading all of the GoA projects and books in order, which means starting at the very beginning and watching the first presentation online.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/cult/ghosts/legacy/