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Katherine Kurtz and Scott MacMillan => Archived Chats => Chat Logs => 2018 Archive => Topic started by: DesertRose on November 11, 2018, 06:20:14 PM

Title: KK Chat -- 11 November 2018 (Happy Veterans Day/Remembrance Day!)
Post by: DesertRose on November 11, 2018, 06:20:14 PM
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [5:16:32 PM EST] Join KK has joined this channel.
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [5:16:34 PM EST] <Evie> That said, if I worked from home or didn't need to work and could come and go as I pleased (but mostly stayed home), I might consider a smaller, easily portable dog as a companion.
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [5:16:35 PM EST] <jemler> hi kk
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [5:16:41 PM EST] <Evie> Hi KK
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [5:16:46 PM EST] <Revanne> Hi KK
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [5:16:52 PM EST] <jemler> i guess she did! :)
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [5:17:02 PM EST] <The_Bee> Melantha is staring up at me as if she expects me to do something, but I'm not sure what.
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [5:17:05 PM EST] <KK> Oooh, geting a dog, Evie?
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [5:17:15 PM EST] <Eris> <bynw> HI KK
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [5:17:31 PM EST] <Evie> No, I can't with my work schedule. That was my "if I were wealthy enough to not have to work, or if I worked from home" thought.
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [5:17:32 PM EST] <The_Bee> Hi KK
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [5:18:12 PM EST] <KK> Maybe after retirement.
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [5:18:31 PM EST] <Revanne> Yes - we only got a dog once I worked from home.
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [5:19:02 PM EST] <Evie> I'm lucky to get 3 waking hours a day at home, so that wouldn't be fair to a dog, especially since we don't have a fenced in yard, so they'd either have to be tied up outside or wait for me to let them out whenever I could get back from work, which can be pretty late.
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [5:19:31 PM EST] <KK> Could always get an invisible fence. That's what we have.
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [5:19:43 PM EST] <Evie> Plus I wouldn't want it to be bullied by Gigi in my absence. :-D
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [5:19:50 PM EST] <The_Bee> How well does it work?
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [5:20:05 PM EST] <Evie> Oh, we had an invisible fence, but our last dog always managed to get the collar off.
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [5:20:06 PM EST] <jemler> I saw this on FaceBook: "My three favorite things are eating my family and not using commas." :)
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [5:20:09 PM EST] <Revanne> I wonder what Luke and Gigi would make of a dog?
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [5:20:26 PM EST] <Evie> LOL, Jemler
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [5:20:40 PM EST] <Eris> <bynw> I know my kitty wouldn't like one around
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [5:21:02 PM EST] <Revanne> Whoops - just saw your comment re Gigi.
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [5:21:25 PM EST] <Evie> They weren't too fond of Pixie, Revanne, although it worked out OK since Pixie was an outdoor dog and only came inside if it was freezing cold out. And was relegated to the garage to preserve household harmony when that happened, poor dear.
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [5:22:41 PM EST] <Revanne> When we had our cats it worked fine because the dog knew her place!
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [5:23:30 PM EST] <Evie> But it made it more difficult for us to go places when we had him, since we always had to find a pet-sitter, but with the cats it's only needed if we're going to be gone longer than a weekend.
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [5:24:11 PM EST] <Eris> <bynw> yeah all cats need is fresh water, food, and a clean litter box and they are happy
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [5:24:38 PM EST] <Revanne> Yes dogs ate definitely more needy.
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [5:24:53 PM EST] <Evie> And that's mostly so Luke doesn't get super clingy when we get home, because he needs people time more than Gigi does. Gigi likes when we're home, but seems cheerfully indifferent to our being gone for a day or two, although she'll show her displeasure if we go on a longer trip.
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [5:25:47 PM EST] <Eris> <bynw> cats dont like their staff taking off on vacations when they should be doing their jobs
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [5:25:52 PM EST] <Revanne> Yes you can't have staff going AWOL
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [5:26:00 PM EST] <The_Bee> Luke has experience of being abandoned.
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [5:26:04 PM EST] <KK> Yeah, needing a pet-sitter can be a bummer. We always have one, for the house as well as the critters; except that, for Thanksgiving weekend, our regular pet-sitter is going to be out of town. So Scott has gallantly decided to stay home and mind the store while I takie my mom along to Chessiecon.
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [5:26:14 PM EST] <Evie> Luke wants to be best buddies with whoever shows up to check on them. Gigi watches them from a suspicious distance but accepts the tributes of clean litter and fresh water.
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [5:27:07 PM EST] <Evie> Yes, Bee, I think he still remembers that.
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [5:27:32 PM EST] <Revanne> Luckily a member of our congregation loves having Cassie.
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [5:28:45 PM EST] <Laurna> I hope Scott won't miss Chessiecon?
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [5:28:48 PM EST] <Revanne> She gets so spoilt she doesn't want to come home
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [5:29:14 PM EST] <Laurna> My mom dropped off her two dogs a month ago and still has not picked them up. So I have six at the momement
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [5:29:15 PM EST] <Revanne> Re hi Laurna
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [5:29:24 PM EST] <Laurna> Back from lunch
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [5:29:37 PM EST] <Eris> <bynw> that's a lot of dogs Laurna
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [5:29:42 PM EST] <Revanne> Yikes thst sounds hard work
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [5:30:07 PM EST] <The_Bee> what--lunch?
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [5:30:11 PM EST] <KK> He w on't be there, but I don't think he'll really miss it.
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [5:30:13 PM EST] <Laurna> Not the normal 10 we had before my sister took 6 to her house.
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [5:30:25 PM EST] <Eris> <bynw> 10??
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [5:30:50 PM EST] <Laurna> well yah, 10 was a lot i admit
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [5:30:56 PM EST] <jemler> nter them in the Iditarod.
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [5:31:03 PM EST] <Evie> Her 4 plus her sister's 6.
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [5:31:06 PM EST] <Eris> <bynw> are you out in the countryside where having 10 dogs is a bit more roomy
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [5:31:08 PM EST] <Laurna> LOL Jemler
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [5:31:48 PM EST] <Revanne> We had 10 pets once, 5 cats, 2 hamsters, a rat a guinea pig and a dog.
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [5:31:51 PM EST] <jemler> let me guess. they're all chihuahuas?
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [5:31:53 PM EST] <DesertRose_Laundry_Day> Bee, Laurna is in California. It's only 1:30 pm her time.
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [5:32:05 PM EST] <Laurna> I have some space I have 4 horses too. At least they are down in number from the 8 I had when we first moved. here.
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [5:32:28 PM EST] <Laurna> 2:30 Off daylights savings
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [5:32:34 PM EST] <DesertRose_Laundry_Day> Oops, no, 2:30.
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [5:32:41 PM EST] <The_Bee> Bynw, why are you disguising yourself as the Greek goddess of discord?
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [5:32:42 PM EST] <DesertRose_Laundry_Day> I got tangled around 4 time zones.
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [5:32:50 PM EST] <KK> Where are you in CA, Laurna? Not threatened by the fires, I hope.
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [5:33:00 PM EST] <Laurna> 10 Chihuahuas would be nightmare. nope these are cavalier king charles spaniel
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [5:33:29 PM EST] <The_Bee> I was asking if lunch was hard work.
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [5:33:31 PM EST] <DesertRose_Laundry_Day> Hi, KK, BTW. I was afk dealing with my laundry when you came into chat.
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [5:34:20 PM EST] <Eris> <bynw> I'm not Bee
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [5:34:34 PM EST] <Evie> No, taking care of 10 dogs was hard work, Bee.
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [5:34:35 PM EST] <Laurna> and now I am inidated in Archer on my arms
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [5:34:36 PM EST] <DesertRose_Laundry_Day> Bee, Eris is the bridge bot that connects this chat to the Discord server. Discord is another chat server, mostly designed for gaming.
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [5:34:55 PM EST] <The_Bee> I know you're noot Bee. I am. ;)
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [5:36:41 PM EST] <Revanne> Dies anyone know if Shiral is anywhere near the fires?
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [5:37:18 PM EST] <Laurna> I hope not. But I don't think so
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [5:37:36 PM EST] <DesertRose_Laundry_Day> I'm not sure. She's in the Bay Area and the worst of the fires are a little farther north, around Sacramento.
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [5:37:57 PM EST] <The_Bee> I hope not. So far she's been lucky. She's north of San Jose.
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [5:38:06 PM EST] <DesertRose_Laundry_Day> I called my uncle who lives a little north of Sacramento yesterday to make sure he and my aunt were okay; they are, thank goodness.
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [5:38:25 PM EST] <Laurna> The fires are Thousand oaks and way north. I think she is half way inbetween.
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [5:38:37 PM EST] <DesertRose_Laundry_Day> They're not getting any younger, and my uncle has a pacemaker so he really does not need to breathe smoke, not that anyone does.
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [5:38:56 PM EST] <Revanne> Glad to hear folk are ok.
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [5:39:36 PM EST] <KK> I probably need to call my sister, though she's in Carmichael, which is a Sacramento suburb. So far as I know, the fire isn't getting anywhere near there.
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [5:40:02 PM EST] <jemler> i have a cousin in L.A.
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [5:41:21 PM EST] <Revanne> I'm going to bale out as I need to take DH for a doctor's appointment early tomorrow morning. Goodnight everyone and thanks for early chat.
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [5:41:33 PM EST] <Evie> Bye, revanne
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [5:41:37 PM EST] <Laurna> Wolsie fire is far northern calif
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [5:41:43 PM EST] <Laurna> Good night Revanne.
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [5:41:53 PM EST] <The_Bee> nighters, Revanne
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [5:41:53 PM EST] <jemler> nite revanne
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [5:42:11 PM EST] <Eris> <bynw> night revanne
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [5:42:14 PM EST] <DesertRose_Laundry_Day> G'night, Revanne
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [5:42:18 PM EST] Quit Revanne (Revanne@842092.C19ECF.14EC38.2A15FA) has left this server (Quit: http://www.kiwiirc.com/ - A hand crafted IRC client).
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [5:43:18 PM EST] <Laurna> Does anyone remember what Merchant Deryni wanted to ask KK about Portals? Was it about three people max? I don't recall.
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [5:44:33 PM EST] <The_Bee> Are Portals a uniform size?
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [5:44:43 PM EST] <Evie> I don't recall, though maybe you could find the thread or post and link it here
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [5:44:58 PM EST] <Laurna> KK, I think Merchant Deryni wanted to know if One Deryni could take more than two other people with him/her.
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [5:47:35 PM EST] <Laurna> There are lots of examples of three people useing a portal in one jump. But I don't know if more could be taken through in one jump. Like when Kelson brought Araxie's family to Rhemuth?
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [5:48:14 PM EST] <KK> It would depend on how powerful the Deryni was, how strong the Portal itself was, many factors. (This leaves me wiggle-room, if I suddenly need to have a lot of people transferred at once.) ;-)
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [5:48:27 PM EST] <jemler> i'm checking my logs.
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [5:48:31 PM EST] <Laurna> Love it?
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [5:48:54 PM EST] <Laurna> Without the Question mark meant LOVE IT!
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [5:49:41 PM EST] <Eris> <bynw> that opens up lots of possiblities
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [5:51:55 PM EST] <Laurna> yumm Chocolate cake!
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [5:52:39 PM EST] <Evie> chocolate cake sounds good
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [5:52:49 PM EST] <Laurna> pass me your vertual plates and I will send you some.
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [5:53:22 PM EST] <Evie> O
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [5:53:48 PM EST] <Evie> It's a small plate
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [5:54:05 PM EST] <Laurna> KK I was reading about a couple renovating a mannor house in Wales. and they came across a few ghosts. Did you have any ghosts in Ireland?
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [5:54:24 PM EST] <Laurna> That is a small plate, Evie. LOL
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [5:54:35 PM EST] <KK> We did. At least two, one each male and female.
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [5:54:38 PM EST] <Evie> I'm trying to lose weight. ;-)
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [5:54:43 PM EST] * Laurna passes out the cake.
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [5:54:51 PM EST] <Laurna> wowo
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [5:55:09 PM EST] * The_Bee passes out milk or cocoa to wash the cake down.
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [5:55:14 PM EST] <DesertRose_Laundry_Day> Laurna, somewhere on the forum (I'm not sure where since the reorganization), there's a bit about the Ghosts of Holybrooke (KK's and Scott's house in Ireland).
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [5:55:39 PM EST] <Laurna> I have not read that yet. cool
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [5:55:58 PM EST] <Laurna> id the two ghosts work togeather. I hope not.
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [5:56:25 PM EST] <jemler> all i could find about merchatderyni and portals was something about merchants using portal as trade routes in the 16th century.
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [5:57:19 PM EST] <KK> They don't seem to have interacted paraticularly. Don't think they were ever seen at the same time. The man usually showed up when Scott was fixing something in the house. The lady was usually seen on the stairs or along the bedroom corridor.
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [5:57:55 PM EST] <Evie> Yes, he started a thread about that, and also has a fanfic that takes the premise of Deryni merchants using portals to set up a "Silk Road" sort of trade route.
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [5:58:19 PM EST] <Laurna> Really, I often wonder if they are real ghosts for if it is time vortex mirroring other times in history.
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [5:59:55 PM EST] <Laurna> fascinating either way.
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [6:00:58 PM EST] <The_Bee> Where did the Eleven Kingdoms ge their sillk?
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [6:01:54 PM EST] <DesertRose_Laundry_Day> I think some ghosts are tied to a specific place (usually either where they lived or where they died or both), and a lot of them seem to have some sort of unfinished business, whether that's taking care of a place and/or a family or attempting to right some wrong that was done during their mortal life.
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [6:03:25 PM EST] <jemler> i read once that a ghost was the spirit of someone mourning the death of a loved one, umaware that they has also died.
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [6:04:17 PM EST] <The_Bee> A local news sow once did a story that suggested ghosts were viruses in one's brain.
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [6:04:18 PM EST] <KK> I think our male ghost was a previous member of the family who was looking out for the house. The lady, I think, may have bene a former lady of Holybrooke, because she was often seen going into the master bedroom. Or sometimes on the great stair, which the servants weren't allaowed to use except when they were cleaning it.
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [6:04:22 PM EST] <DesertRose_Laundry_Day> I'd guess that the Eleven Kingdoms got silk via trade; I don't think silkworms like cold rainy weather, so I doubt anyone could have "farmed" silk there. But the Anvil of the Lord and the Forcinn States seem to have a warmer (sometimes much warmer) climate, and it seems like all those countries get along well enough to have established trade routes and routines.
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [6:05:00 PM EST] <KK> Agreed, DR.
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [6:05:07 PM EST] <The_Bee> I was wondering if they had trade routes as far ass china.
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [6:05:55 PM EST] <DesertRose_Laundry_Day> There's a christening gown in the Charleston Museum that some early Rutledge (I think) spun, wove, and sewed from the silkworms she kept. It had been used for christening a number of family babies before it was finally donated to the museum. It was probably originally white or ivory, but by the time I saw it, it was kind of a pale yellow, the way fabric will do when it's several hundred years old. :D
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [6:06:03 PM EST] <Laurna> I like the sound of the Former Lady of Holybrooke on the great stair.
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [6:06:44 PM EST] <DesertRose_Laundry_Day> But that's Charleston, SC, where the weather is generally a good deal warmer than the weather in the real-world UK or the Eleven Kingdoms!
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [6:06:48 PM EST] <DesertRose_Laundry_Day> BRB laundry again
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [6:06:57 PM EST] <KK> It might have been a daughter of the family, of whom we have a lovely portrait painted by her father.
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [6:07:23 PM EST] <Laurna> What would be the century of the portrait?
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [6:08:12 PM EST] <jemler> as lons as the painter wasn't Peregrine Lovat.
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [6:08:25 PM EST] <KK> It was done around the turn of the previous century, 1890/1920ish.
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [6:08:38 PM EST] <Laurna> Nice
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [6:08:47 PM EST] <KK> Maybe a bit earlier.
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [6:09:15 PM EST] <The_Bee> Was the father an artist?
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [6:10:59 PM EST] <KK> Yes. A fairly well-known one of the time. Sir George Hodson.
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [6:11:01 PM EST] <jemler> brb.
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [6:14:06 PM EST] <KK> Mainly portraits.
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [6:14:27 PM EST] <KK> We have still-life that he did, too, but it's rather indifferent.
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [6:14:47 PM EST] <jemler> ok. back.
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [6:14:59 PM EST] <Laurna> I just looked up Sir George Hodson and saw his dates are 1806 -1888 so I bet his daughter would be painted some time in the 1850's or 1860's I would love to see that.
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [6:16:58 PM EST] <KK> I'll have top take a picture and post it on our website--if it isn't with the Ghosts of Holybrooke piece. Can;'t remember now.
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [6:18:09 PM EST] <KK> House was built 1832037, and was planned by George's older brother, who had no issue--which is how George came to inherit the estate. He was a baronet, a hereditary knight. An earl lived just over the hill from them.
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [6:18:31 PM EST] <KK> 1832-37
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [6:18:36 PM EST] <Evie> The house was built in the very distant future? :-D
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [6:18:43 PM EST] <Evie> Ah
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [6:18:52 PM EST] <Laurna> lol
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [6:18:56 PM EST] <DesertRose_Laundry_Day> KK, if you find a photo and want it posted to the forum, just email it to me and I can do it, if you don't have time or whatever.
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [6:19:26 PM EST] <DesertRose_Laundry_Day> I figured that zero was a typo for a dash, because I make that typo All The Freaking Time. The difference is, I mostly catch my typos before I hit enter. :D
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [6:19:40 PM EST] <Laurna> I love Victorian era portraits.
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [6:19:40 PM EST] Join judyw (uid324972@8027A0.235D62.8B8330.ED8BAB) has joined this channel.
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [6:19:44 PM EST] <DesertRose_Laundry_Day> Hi judyw
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [6:19:48 PM EST] <Laurna> Hello Judy
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [6:19:56 PM EST] <The_Bee> hi judew
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [6:20:01 PM EST] <Evie> Hi Judy
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [6:20:05 PM EST] <judyw> Hi, Laurna & DR & the Bee and everyone
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [6:20:16 PM EST] <jemler> hi judyw
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [6:20:26 PM EST] <Eris> <bynw> hi Judyw
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [6:20:37 PM EST] <judyw> Hi, Jemler & Eris
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [6:20:58 PM EST] <judyw> What' up?
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [6:21:18 PM EST] <DesertRose_Laundry_Day> judyw: Eris is the bridge bot between this chat and the Discord channel/server.
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [6:21:35 PM EST] <judyw> Oh, OK. Thought it was a new person.
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [6:21:35 PM EST] <DesertRose_Laundry_Day> So that was Bynw typing from Discord, transmitted by Eris-the-bridge-bot. :)
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [6:21:56 PM EST] <judyw> Oh, OK. Hi bynw!
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [6:22:05 PM EST] Join Derynifank (~Derynifank@OWIRCN-dc339139.hr.cox.net) has joined this channel.
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [6:22:11 PM EST] <The_Bee> hi dfk
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [6:22:12 PM EST] <DesertRose_Laundry_Day> Hi Derynifank
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [6:22:13 PM EST] <jemler> hi derynifank
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [6:22:17 PM EST] <Laurna> Hi DFK
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [6:22:23 PM EST] <Eris> <bynw> hi DFK
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [6:22:36 PM EST] <judyw> Hi, DFK
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [6:22:49 PM EST] <Derynifank> Hi everyone , sorry to be late but just got home.
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [6:22:55 PM EST] <judyw> Anybody write any new pieces on the game this week?
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [6:23:05 PM EST] <DesertRose_Laundry_Day> It's all good, Derynifank. We're still here. :)
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [6:23:07 PM EST] * Laurna cuts more chocholate cake and passes is out the new comers.
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [6:23:08 PM EST] <judyw> Me, too. Had to go get stuff for chili.
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [6:23:10 PM EST] <Evie> hi dfk
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [6:23:57 PM EST] <Derynifank> Working on one but have two alternative scenarios and trying to decide which one works best
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [6:24:12 PM EST] <Eris> <bynw> there haven';t been any game posts this week
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [6:24:26 PM EST] <Evie> Here's my plate again for another crumb, Laurna. O <--
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [6:25:08 PM EST] <judyw> Is there a place where we can post our email addys safely? Was thinking if anything catastrophic happened, the admins could blast out an email notice.
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [6:25:14 PM EST] * Laurna cuts Evie the piece with a big rose icing flower on top.
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [6:25:24 PM EST] <judyw> I thought not, bynw but was hoping.
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [6:25:32 PM EST] <jemler> watch out for the thorns!
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [6:25:41 PM EST] <judyw> OOOOH! Can I have a bite?
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [6:25:51 PM EST] <DesertRose_Laundry_Day> What sort of catastrophe are you thinking would happen, judyw?
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [6:25:57 PM EST] <Eris> <bynw> what do you mean by posting your email addys safely?
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [6:25:59 PM EST] <Laurna> Icing thorns should be be a problem Jemler. I will give you one to prove it.
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [6:26:17 PM EST] <Evie> We admins have access to the email address you used to sign up, Judy
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [6:26:34 PM EST] <judyw> Someone injured badly, another death in the families, floods, fires, armageddon
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [6:26:45 PM EST] <Evie> Or did you mean if others need your email address?
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [6:26:53 PM EST] <judyw> Yes, that, too
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [6:27:11 PM EST] <DesertRose_Laundry_Day> Those sorts of events will generally be posted on the forum under Prayer Requests, unless there's a more appropriate place for some specific event.
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [6:27:13 PM EST] <Evie> You can send it via PM to whoever you want to give it out to
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [6:27:17 PM EST] <judyw> I guess just keep an eye on the web site?
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [6:27:29 PM EST] <Laurna> Armageddon would keep us all from using the web site, I fear.
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [6:27:30 PM EST] <The_Bee> Or spammers being able to access our emails
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [6:27:40 PM EST] <DesertRose_Laundry_Day> You can subscribe to a daily newsletter of the site that will send you links to everything posted that day.
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [6:27:46 PM EST] <judyw> Oh, yeah
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [6:27:55 PM EST] <judyw> BRB, Lou wants my computer
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [6:29:00 PM EST] <Laurna> two weeks until sister's wedding. Lots of large flower's to arrange.
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [6:29:01 PM EST] <Derynifank> Did KK come tonite?
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [6:29:19 PM EST] <jemler> she's here
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [6:29:23 PM EST] <DesertRose_Laundry_Day> She's here still, although she may have gone AFK or had to answer the phone or something.
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [6:30:34 PM EST] <judyw> Sorry, got to fill out some stuff on LOU
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [6:30:57 PM EST] <jemler> oh, btw no more deaths for a while. i went to the hospital yesterday for a couple of hours.
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [6:31:06 PM EST] <KK> I'm here.
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [6:31:10 PM EST] <judyw> s computer. He's setting up Roku so TW/Spectrum can kill our a** good bye
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [6:31:18 PM EST] <DesertRose_Laundry_Day> Yikes, jemler! Are you okay?
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [6:31:34 PM EST] <KK> ]Oh, boo, Jem;ler. Everything ok now?
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [6:31:36 PM EST] <judyw> Yes, you OK jemler?
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [6:31:38 PM EST] <Laurna> Just glad to hear you didn't stay there.
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [6:31:45 PM EST] <Derynifank> Hope it's not anything serious Jemler and you're OK
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [6:31:58 PM EST] <KK> And did I miss something? Did someone die?
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [6:32:10 PM EST] <DesertRose_Laundry_Day> jemler's brother had a heart attack.
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [6:32:21 PM EST] <Evie> Oh, that's right, you weren't here last week.
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [6:32:22 PM EST] <KK> Oh, dear! Did he survive?
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[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [6:32:33 PM EST] <DesertRose_Laundry_Day> No.
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [6:32:39 PM EST] <Evie> No :-(
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [6:32:49 PM EST] <KK> So sorry, Jemler.
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [6:32:51 PM EST] <DesertRose_Laundry_Day> Unfortunately not. It was the morning of the 29th of October.
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [6:33:26 PM EST] <jemler> i was having trouble breathing during dialysis. after happening 3 times, i went to get checked out. everything was fine except an elivated white blood count. i've been taking eye drops for an infection which explained that. i think they were trying to pull too much from me in dialysis.
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [6:33:52 PM EST] <DesertRose_Laundry_Day> That sounds unpleasant, although at least you're more or less okay.
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [6:33:57 PM EST] <The_Bee> :( for Jemler's brother
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [6:34:01 PM EST] <Derynifank> Glad you're OK
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [6:35:15 PM EST] <jemler> about 10 minutes after getting off the machine i was feeling better. i drove my wheelchair to the hospital myself. it's less than 100 yards away.
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [6:35:38 PM EST] <Evie> LOL, I read that as "less than 100 miles" at first. :-D
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [6:36:02 PM EST] <Evie> SuperJemler
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [6:36:06 PM EST] <jemler> the chair doesn't have THAT much range! :)
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [6:36:32 PM EST] <Derynifank> That would be quite a drive
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [6:37:02 PM EST] <jemler> kk, my youger brother died of a massive heart attack, two weeks ago, tomorrow. his funeral was last saturday.
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [6:37:07 PM EST] <Laurna> You drove your wheelchair, by yourself, after dialysis. You are a go-getter, jemler.
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [6:37:23 PM EST] <jemler> it's motorized.
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [6:37:25 PM EST] <KK> Had he had heart problems before, or was this out of the blue?
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [6:37:27 PM EST] <Derynifank> Wherecwascthecstaff?
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [6:37:45 PM EST] <DesertRose_Laundry_Day> jemler's been on dialysis and using the chair for a long time. I'm sure he knows his limits. :)
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [6:38:11 PM EST] <Derynifank> Well that didn't go well. Crazy fingers.
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [6:38:19 PM EST] <Evie> :-)
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [6:38:36 PM EST] <DesertRose_Laundry_Day> I figured you'd hit the C key going for the spacebar. :)
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [6:39:20 PM EST] <Derynifank> Think you're right. I seem to do that a lot
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [6:39:21 PM EST] <jemler> he was complaining about what, he thought, was a cold. the next morning he called off work and was heading to the hospital. he never made it to the porch. he died a few hours later.
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [6:39:59 PM EST] <jemler> he was 52.
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [6:40:02 PM EST] <Laurna> yikes
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [6:40:15 PM EST] <Derynifank> So young
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [6:40:30 PM EST] <KK> Yike. Too young.
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [6:40:47 PM EST] <The_Bee> My brother survived a heart attack at age 48.
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [6:41:29 PM EST] <Derynifank> Glad he made it, Bee
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [6:42:26 PM EST] <KK> Did he have wife, kids?
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [6:42:29 PM EST] <Laurna> I agree with DFK, Bee that is way too young
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [6:42:57 PM EST] <jemler> my brother had 4, but 3 differt wives. :)
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [6:43:21 PM EST] <KK> Kids all grown?
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [6:43:44 PM EST] <jemler> his daughter has a daughter, 1 year old.
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [6:44:21 PM EST] <jemler> his oldest son has at least 2 kids, n=but we never see them.
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [6:45:06 PM EST] <Derynifank> Do they live far away ?
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [6:46:12 PM EST] <jemler> Vince Jr lives in Kentucky. I don't know where Dustin is. Caitlyn comes by sometimes, but we rarely see Brandyn.
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [6:46:47 PM EST] <jemler> Caitlyns daughter is Brielle.
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [6:47:11 PM EST] <Derynifank> That's a pretty name
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [6:49:13 PM EST] <judyw> He was too young to go. Must have been pneumonia. You can have it and never know if you don't know the signs.
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [6:49:44 PM EST] <jemler> Vince. no. it was a heart attack.
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [6:50:30 PM EST] <DesertRose_Laundry_Day> I had been wondering about Vince's age, jemler. You had said he was your younger brother, so I knew he couldn't be much past fifty. That's way too young to be gone.
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [6:50:45 PM EST] <DesertRose_Laundry_Day> My middle brother was 52 when he died, too. :(
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [6:50:54 PM EST] <judyw> Oh, no! Can have some of those same symptoms as p-monia
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [6:51:02 PM EST] <Laurna> Oh dear, Way too young for both
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [6:51:18 PM EST] <jemler> i know someone who died of a heart atteck at 33. he lived about 2 blocks from here.
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [6:51:19 PM EST] <Evie> My first crush was named Vince. :-)
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [6:51:31 PM EST] <The_Bee> Are you a medical person, Judyw?
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [6:51:43 PM EST] <KK> It could have been heart attack caused by sepsis due to pneumonia. It can be a weird combination of factors.
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [6:51:51 PM EST] <judyw> My dad was 56, heart attack. His whole side of the family is gone except cousins
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [6:52:04 PM EST] <jemler> well, he weighed about 240 lbs.
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [6:52:04 PM EST] <DesertRose_Laundry_Day> The only mercy about my middle brother's death is that, while he died in April 2014, we (the rest of the family) didn't know until this past January, which means that their mom probably didn't know he had died before she did. She died near the end of January 2015.
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [6:52:16 PM EST] <judyw> It could have, KK. That stuff is all weird
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [6:52:46 PM EST] <judyw> Holy cow, DR! Why not?
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[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [6:53:42 PM EST] <jemler> my mother has lost 2 sons.
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [6:53:50 PM EST] <KK> Goodness, DR, that's odd, for the rest of the family not to know for so long. But maybe that means he was there to welcome her at the Rainbow Bridge. (Using that as a metaphor for the crossing place for all or most species.))
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [6:54:03 PM EST] <DesertRose_Laundry_Day> Because none of us knew in January-February 2015 when their mom died that Curtis had died; we couldn't get in touch with him to tell him that Ms. Pat had died, and we just figured out in January of 2018 that we couldn't get in touch with him because he had died in 2014.
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[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [6:54:26 PM EST] <jemler> wb dfk
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [6:54:27 PM EST] <The_Bee> Yike!
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [6:54:36 PM EST] <The_Bee> rehi dfk
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [6:54:39 PM EST] <Evie> Rehi
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [6:54:44 PM EST] <DesertRose_Laundry_Day> We always called my middle brother our dad's clone; he looked just like Dad had at that age, and unfortunately he seems to have had Dad's issues with substance abuse and a nasty temper. :(
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [6:54:57 PM EST] <KK> Ouch!
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [6:55:01 PM EST] <judyw> wb DFK
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [6:55:12 PM EST] <DesertRose_Laundry_Day> My family is odd. And *this* apple didn't fall far from the tree. I'm a weirdo. :D
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [6:55:29 PM EST] <judyw> LOL! No, you
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [6:55:38 PM EST] <judyw> re just like all of us!
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [6:55:48 PM EST] <DesertRose_Laundry_Day> Birds of a feather . . .
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [6:55:52 PM EST] * DesertRose_Laundry_Day ducks and runs.
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [6:56:28 PM EST] <judyw> I got a particularly nasty temper from my Dad and I've spent a long time learning to control it so there are only occasional outbursts.
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [6:56:30 PM EST] <Laurna> I am happy flocking together. and was that Ducks
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [6:56:38 PM EST] <DesertRose_Laundry_Day> The Duck of Corwyn. :)
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [6:56:51 PM EST] <Laurna> LOL
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [6:56:53 PM EST] <judyw> Me , too! I'll flock with y:all anywhere!
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[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [6:57:07 PM EST] <Evie> At work, we were discussing the last front desk person we hired, who only lasted a month due to a bad combo of nonexistent work ethic and terminal weirdness. I told my colleagues that this time around, I would make sure they were as sane as I am. Then I considered that statement and said "This is
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [6:57:07 PM EST] <Evie> coming from the lady dressed as a Ravenclaw, who plays with Barbies. I realize this sets a low bar." LOL!
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [6:57:13 PM EST] <DesertRose_Laundry_Day> I have a fairly unpleasant temper myself. When I was a kid, it was really bad. As I got older, I learned to keep a lid on it and sometimes even not to let some things get to me like they did when I was younger.
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [6:57:42 PM EST] <Laurna> LOL Evie
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [6:57:49 PM EST] <judyw> Yes, that helps.
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [6:57:50 PM EST] <DesertRose_Laundry_Day> That all being said, if you hear my voice dripping venom and magnolia nectar in approximately equal quantities, it's time to get out of my immediate vicinity.
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [6:58:09 PM EST] <Evie> LOL, DR
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [6:58:11 PM EST] <judyw> Run! She's gonna blow!!
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [6:58:17 PM EST] <DesertRose_Laundry_Day> My accent isn't really that Southern, most of the time, but when I start to lose my temper, it goes DEEP SOUTH. :D
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [6:58:58 PM EST] <DesertRose_Laundry_Day> If you hear a southerner (especially a southern girl/woman) say, "Aw, HAY-ELL naw!" it's time to get gone.
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [6:59:12 PM EST] <judyw> Mom said I would squint my eyes when the big blow up was coming
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [6:59:21 PM EST] <Laurna> Like Columcil when he breaks out in heavy Border brogue.
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [6:59:55 PM EST] <judyw> Gotta love Col's brogue!
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[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [7:00:20 PM EST] <DesertRose_Laundry_Day> Rehi Derynifank
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [7:00:26 PM EST] <Laurna> I love the way Revanne writes it. One time I when "HUUHH." and she had to translate
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [7:00:34 PM EST] <judyw> Gotta go start chili, will run back & forth.
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [7:01:04 PM EST] <DesertRose_Laundry_Day> Laurna: try reading Fr. Columcil's dialogue out loud.
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [7:01:07 PM EST] <Laurna> Most of the time she has to translate for me
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [7:01:29 PM EST] <Laurna> OH i try that. LOL
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [7:02:18 PM EST] <DesertRose_Laundry_Day> LOL
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [7:02:30 PM EST] <DesertRose_Laundry_Day> That's probably easier for the original language nerd over here.
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [7:02:34 PM EST] * DesertRose_Laundry_Day points at herself.
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [7:02:35 PM EST] <Laurna> and no mater how hard I try, I can not write it.
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [7:03:02 PM EST] <DesertRose_Laundry_Day> Don't worry about it, seriously. Dialect is a royal pain in the patoot to write, and it's hideously difficult to keep it consistent.
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [7:03:07 PM EST] <Derynifank> Rehi all
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [7:03:38 PM EST] <judyw> back for a min
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [7:03:40 PM EST] <Laurna> Good thing my character is high court without the dialect
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [7:03:53 PM EST] <DesertRose_Laundry_Day> If you want to indicate that a character has a particular accent, just mention it in passing somewhere, maybe when you're inside the thoughts of another character listening to the character with the accent speaking.
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [7:04:21 PM EST] <judyw> That's a good idea & then everyone can hear it however they want to.
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [7:04:26 PM EST] <KK> Part of the secret is not to get too deeply into it. You want the sense of a distinctive accent, but if it gets too authentic to the point that it's not understandable, that breaks the illusion.
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [7:04:39 PM EST] <Laurna> Yes, but it is not that same as actually reading it. Love to read it.
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [7:05:07 PM EST] <KK> Reading it out loud helps, both in the understanding and in the crafting.
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [7:05:09 PM EST] <judyw> Some is good.
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [7:05:29 PM EST] <Derynifank> I love the border accent but couldn't write it like you guys do.
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [7:05:37 PM EST] <Laurna> Agreed with getting the sense with out the too deep.
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [7:05:48 PM EST] <DesertRose_Laundry_Day> If you can find them used, maybe try some of Bertrice Small's earlier trashy romance novels. Love Wild and Fair takes place almost entirely in the Scottish Highlands.
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [7:06:16 PM EST] <judyw> If you're ever writing Southern dialect, you're ' is going to be the most used character. Lyin' cheatin' b****
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [7:06:26 PM EST] <judyw> For example
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [7:06:27 PM EST] <DesertRose_Laundry_Day> They're definitely trashy novels, but she DOES do a good job of Scottish dialect writing.
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [7:06:50 PM EST] <DesertRose_Laundry_Day> Yeah, we drop terminal Gs in the South (and in Texas, which is the South in some ways and isn't in others).
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [7:07:19 PM EST] <judyw> Yes, we are a law unto ourselves in Texas! Never want to leave!
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [7:07:35 PM EST] <DesertRose_Laundry_Day> And also, with Southern US dialects, there ARE regional differences.
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [7:07:55 PM EST] <Laurna> Revanne said she has a lady in her congregation with a heavy accent, that she thinks of when she writes Columcil's words.
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [7:08:10 PM EST] <judyw> Yes, some states say "y'all" and some actually say "you all"
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [7:08:15 PM EST] <DesertRose_Laundry_Day> Someone like me, an Atlantic Coastal Southerner doesn't sound like my maternal grandmother did; she was from southwestern Kentucky, although you'd mostly never have known by the time I was around to hear.
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [7:08:16 PM EST] <The_Bee> We drop Rs in some places and insert them in others.
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [7:08:17 PM EST] <Evie> Yes, someone from east TN will sound very different from someone from Birmingham, AL.
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [7:08:27 PM EST] <judyw> VERY different
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [7:08:41 PM EST] <DesertRose_Laundry_Day> But if she'd spoken to one of her sisters who stayed in Kentucky, my first name stopped being NOR-a and became NO-ra. :D
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [7:09:29 PM EST] <Laurna> Some one once told me that Califonian's don't have an accent because we pronaounce every letter and don't drop them.
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [7:09:36 PM EST] <Evie> I had a great-aunt whose accent was so strong, "Yes" became "Yay-eh-ess"
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [7:09:52 PM EST] <judyw> I've heard that one!
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [7:10:07 PM EST] <DesertRose_Laundry_Day> California has several accents, depending on where you are and social class and so forth. Surfer dudes from Southern CA DEFINITELY have a distinctive speech pattern!
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [7:10:29 PM EST] <KK> California is kind of a mid-Atlantic--except for that awful Valley accent with the vocal fry.
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [7:10:31 PM EST] <judyw> Oops! gotta go chili
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [7:10:42 PM EST] <The_Bee> I knew a woman from Vermont who said Yay-ass
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [7:10:44 PM EST] <Laurna> distinctive words. not so much accent. I am thinking
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [7:11:18 PM EST] <Laurna> Dude!
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [7:11:25 PM EST] <The_Bee> Enjoy your chili, JudyQ
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [7:11:31 PM EST] <Evie> It's harder to hear accents from your own region unless you are really paying attention
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [7:11:37 PM EST] <jemler> otta go chili? is that what you are having?
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [7:11:41 PM EST] <DesertRose_Laundry_Day> The accent you hear through a lot of the Southwest is sort of a less-strong Southern accent, but it depends on the person, too.
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [7:11:41 PM EST] <Evie> And it helps to be very well attuned to vocal differences.
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [7:12:06 PM EST] <DesertRose_Laundry_Day> And/or a linguistics nerd. ;)
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [7:12:08 PM EST] <Derynifank> I had an aunt from York shire in England and my grandmother was from Georgia. They said it took almost a year before they could understand each other and they were supposed to be speaking the same language.
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [7:12:22 PM EST] <Laurna> lol
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [7:12:29 PM EST] <DesertRose_Laundry_Day> Yorkshire has a VERY distinctive accent though!
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [7:12:38 PM EST] <Evie> My kids were born and raised here, so they don't hear the difference between "pin" and "pen" the way I can, but since they don't have as pronounced an accent as some of their friends, they assume they don't have that much of a Southern accent. But they do.
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [7:12:39 PM EST] <KK> Oh, yes.
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [7:12:50 PM EST] <DesertRose_Laundry_Day> The first time I watched the movie "Brassed Off!" (which is set in a coal-mining town in Yorkshire), I had to turn on the subtitles!
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [7:13:22 PM EST] <DesertRose_Laundry_Day> "Nowt" for "nothing" and "owt" for "anything" threw me for a bit.
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [7:14:23 PM EST] <Evie> I wonder when the pronunciation shift happened, since I suspect those are etymologically related to "naught" and "aught"
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [7:14:24 PM EST] <The_Bee> My problem with English TV shows is that the women talk so softly i can't hear them.
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [7:14:29 PM EST] <DesertRose_Laundry_Day> That's a really good movie, too. Pete Postlethwaite is just AMAZING.
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [7:14:34 PM EST] <DesertRose_Laundry_Day> Probably, Evie.
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [7:14:47 PM EST] <jemler> well folks, i'm gonna take off. see you all next week.
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [7:14:55 PM EST] <Evie> Bye, jemler
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [7:14:55 PM EST] <DesertRose_Laundry_Day> Might just be "naught" and "aught" pronounced with a Yorkshire accent. :D
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [7:14:58 PM EST] <Laurna> Good night Jemler
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [7:15:01 PM EST] <DesertRose_Laundry_Day> Later, jemler! Take care!
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [7:15:06 PM EST] <Derynifank> Have a good week Jemler
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [7:15:22 PM EST] <Evie> I smell something good Mom is cooking
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [7:15:26 PM EST] <The_Bee> Have any of you read The Secret Garden? That's set in Yorkshire.
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [7:15:28 PM EST] <DesertRose_Laundry_Day> Yum, Mom Cooking!
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [7:15:33 PM EST] <The_Bee> bye jemler
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [7:15:34 PM EST] <Laurna> Don't Naught and aught have the opposit meanings.
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [7:15:34 PM EST] <DesertRose_Laundry_Day> Not in years, Bee.
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [7:15:51 PM EST] <DesertRose_Laundry_Day> But I've read almost everything James Herriot ever published.
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [7:15:52 PM EST] <KK> MKany years, Bee.
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [7:15:53 PM EST] <Derynifank> Yum, Evie. Enjoy
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [7:16:02 PM EST] <KK> Herriot was wonderful!
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [7:16:16 PM EST] <Evie> "nothing" and "anything" are opposites, I would think. Or close to it, anyway.
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [7:16:19 PM EST] <jemler> next week will be fun. they change everyones schedule at dialysis for Thanksgiving. then again for christmas.
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [7:16:30 PM EST] <Derynifank> I loved Her root and have all his books
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [7:16:32 PM EST] <DesertRose_Laundry_Day> Yes, Laurna. "Naught" means "nothing," and "nowt" is the Yorkshire version of it. "Aught" means "anything, and the Yorkshire version is "owt."
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [7:16:41 PM EST] Quit jemler (~jemler@7F791F.89B172.F4AF0C.813AE3) has left this server (Quit: ).
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [7:17:13 PM EST] <KK> Ack, looking at the clock, I, too, must mosy.
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [7:17:28 PM EST] <Laurna> Good Night KK.
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [7:17:33 PM EST] <DesertRose_Laundry_Day> Okay, next week, regular time?
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [7:17:35 PM EST] <Derynifank> Herriot Don't know why it turned into her root. Weird ac
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [7:17:38 PM EST] <The_Bee> Yes. Scott must be hungry.
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [7:17:40 PM EST] <DesertRose_Laundry_Day> Thanks for coming to see us, KK!
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [7:17:40 PM EST] <KK> See you all next week, God willing and the creek don't rise. ;-)
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [7:17:47 PM EST] <DesertRose_Laundry_Day> Okay. Have a good week!
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [7:17:56 PM EST] <Derynifank> Nite kk
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [7:17:57 PM EST] <Laurna> Keep the creek low
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [7:18:02 PM EST] * KK steps onto her Portal, waves goodnight, and disappears in a shower of green sparkles.
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [7:18:06 PM EST] <The_Bee> Have a good week, KK.Thanks for coming
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [7:18:21 PM EST] <KK> Nighters!
[Sunday, November 11, 2018] [7:18:25 PM EST] Quit KK has left this server (Quit: CGI:IRC).