maybe they're speechless, you're so brilliant.
Bartender, a round for the house on me.
(flerk, flerk, flerk... the word has... oh, wait.)
Wait. People? She eats people? 'To Serve Man.' It's 'To Serve Man' all over again.
Gunn ,'Power Play'
The Great Write Way
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Ms. Havisham - Nov 25, 2002 1:03:23 pm PST #389 of 10001
And we will call it... "This Land."
Theodosia - Nov 25, 2002 1:07:06 pm PST #390 of 10001
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
I personally try to refer all questions of whether the S gets doubled or not to whatever spell-checker is available. The rules for whether you do or not seem so arbitrary to me that I don't even bother to try to remember them any more.
Sympathies, Ms. H. Might a chapter a day may just be too much for the group to absorb? I need a whole lot more time to read 'n think over a critique which is why my participation in critique groups has dropped to zip.
§ ita § - Nov 25, 2002 2:10:16 pm PST #391 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I don't think it's the "commonwealth" spelling.
I learnt to spell in Jamaica and Britain, and polished the skill in Canada. When Word first spat at travelled and focussed I was very traumatized. Or do I mean traumatised? Anyhoo, Word's US settings won't take it, but the Australian (and other commonwealth which is what I meant to mean since I always buy into the US's shucking of the label).
It's what I learnt.
John H - Nov 25, 2002 2:56:03 pm PST #392 of 10001
commonwealth which is what I meant to mean since I always buy into the US's shucking of the label
My friend Kat and I like to refer to Americans as "cousins", à la John Le Carré
I definitely think "focussed" looks weird. What's more interesting is that Rebecca thinks it looks weird, seeing as she's solidly American.
Susan W. - Nov 25, 2002 3:07:05 pm PST #393 of 10001
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights
"Focussed" looks wrong to me, too, as if the stress should be on the second syllable.
John H - Nov 25, 2002 3:10:01 pm PST #394 of 10001
Yeah, we're getting an echo of "concussed", which tends to leave one unfocussed.
§ ita § - Nov 25, 2002 3:33:34 pm PST #395 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
How do you feel about travelling with jewellery?
erikaj - Nov 25, 2002 3:47:25 pm PST #396 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!
Hey, all. Woo Hoo! If I can make "Perfect" a bit more...perfect, The Disability Rag, which is like the savviest, hippest, cripmag in the country,(and one that pays, in like, cash, not karma points), wants to publish it. And no, the irony of a story with a flaw called "Perfect" is not lost on me.
John H - Nov 25, 2002 3:53:09 pm PST #397 of 10001
travelling with jewellery
Neither of those freaks me out much, certainly not as much as the f-word.
scrappy - Nov 25, 2002 4:21:12 pm PST #398 of 10001
Nobody
Yay, Erika!! That is so cool!