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Susan W. - Jun 04, 2005 9:23:27 pm PDT #2535 of 10001
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights

Research question of my own. I could try my Regency loop, but Buffistas is a bit more profanity-friendly....

So I've got this scene where Jack, if he were American and living in 2005, would call someone a god-damned motherfucking asshole. How do I say that in 1811 vintage Englishman?

deborah grabien - Jun 05, 2005 7:52:47 am PDT #2536 of 10001
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.

Susan, a couple of suggestions for source:

Hughs, Geoffrey. SWEARING: A SOCIAL HISTORY OF FOUL LANGUAGE, OATHS, AND PROFANITY IN ENGLISH. (1991)

Cromie, Robert. 1811 DICTIONARY OF THE VULGAR TONGUE. (repr. 1971)

Susan W. - Jun 05, 2005 8:17:51 am PDT #2537 of 10001
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights

Thanks, Deb!

t off to the library website

Aims - Jun 05, 2005 9:00:24 am PDT #2538 of 10001
Shit's all sorts of different now.

Now I totally want to know what "Fuck you you fucking fuck." sounds like in Regency speak.

deborah grabien - Jun 05, 2005 9:02:40 am PDT #2539 of 10001
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.

(giggle)

Aimee, if I remember correctly, some of the sexy slang of the period was pretty heavy duty.

SailAweigh - Jun 05, 2005 7:02:43 pm PDT #2540 of 10001
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb

My muse was a very fickle bitch this week, but she finally came through with one drabble for the Look At Me challenge.

Picture 4

We look so carefree there. Mar del Plata was just a little seaside resort with no sophistication. No one from the city came down here, except to get away from the hectic routines of big business in Buenos Aires. Oil was an important commodity; the Argentine economy depended on its sale.

The three of us had come down to get away from the overwhelming stench of the crowds on the streets during the summer. Pablo said we could use a break from routine; he didn’t want us getting stale. At least Mar del Plata got us away from the Germans.

Connie Neil - Jun 06, 2005 5:46:57 am PDT #2541 of 10001
brillig

erika, somehow I missed your interest in the Weekend Novelist Writes A Mystery. Bad skimmer. Yep, still have it. Send me your addy (profile address good) and it's yours.

Strix - Jun 06, 2005 8:21:23 am PDT #2542 of 10001
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger

Hey! I got ALL motivated this weekend (read: no net, no money) and spun out 11 pages of a fluffy vampire romance.

Anyone want to give me some feedback? It's kind of in a Katie McAllister/Mary Janice Davidson vein (sorry, heh) but a little dirtier.

Lemme know. It's burnin' a hole in my flash drive.

Amy - Jun 06, 2005 8:27:31 am PDT #2543 of 10001
Because books.

Anyone want to give me some feedback?

I am definitely in the mood to read some fluffy vampire romance. You can send it to amy at amygarvey dot com.

deborah grabien - Jun 06, 2005 8:33:03 am PDT #2544 of 10001
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.

Erin, I'd suck at fiction feedback right now, or I'd offer. But R&RNF, all 45K words in seventeen days, has pretty much taken over my faculties.

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