This Week's Check In
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It's time for this week's writer check in.
Inspired by
merentha13's suggestion of an online slang dictionary, I thought I'd include a few other Brit checking resources:
List of British word not widely used in the U.S. (Pretty much as advertised, a big long list of Brit-specific words)
U.K. vs. U.S. spelling (For when you're debating using "ise" or "ize")
Dictionary of English Slang (This one's my personal fave)
And inspired by my own incipient panic, how about a poll on how we're all doing:
[Poll #1737374]
Bodie and Doyle are very curious to hear how you're all doing...

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And inspired by my own incipient panic, how about a poll on how we're all doing:
[Poll #1737374]
Bodie and Doyle are very curious to hear how you're all doing...
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Date: 2011-05-03 01:43 am (UTC)That, or I pull out the scotch.
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Date: 2011-05-03 02:01 am (UTC):skillfully avoids posting status:
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Date: 2011-05-03 03:36 am (UTC)Scotch... yeah.
I'm sure it's only temporary. ♥
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Date: 2011-05-03 08:18 am (UTC)(no subject)
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Date: 2011-05-03 05:19 pm (UTC)(no subject)
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Date: 2011-05-03 02:59 am (UTC)That's an absolutely lovely picture you've used. So much pretty... but they don't look impressed with my lack of progress. :(
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Date: 2011-05-03 03:04 am (UTC)As for Bodie & Doyle, I don't think they're too impressed with my progress either.
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Date: 2011-05-03 03:37 am (UTC)Ah, best avoid the corners, they're easily reached with pokey sticks.
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Date: 2011-05-03 08:20 am (UTC)(no subject)
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Date: 2011-05-03 03:30 am (UTC)Look, I keep telling you, you're all awfully nice but I have absolutely no idea who you are.
For I, I have AMNESIA!
... but I believe that alcohol may have medicinal purposes. Yes.
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Date: 2011-05-03 03:32 am (UTC)Then again, alcohol may be just what you need in your condition. ;-)
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Date: 2011-05-03 03:39 am (UTC)(no subject)
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Date: 2011-05-03 08:21 am (UTC)(no subject)
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Date: 2011-05-03 08:46 am (UTC)freak people outencourage people!!no subject
Date: 2011-05-03 10:05 am (UTC)Just wait till you claim art and it's you with the deadline. :-/
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Date: 2011-05-03 09:10 am (UTC)*melting*
*puddle on the floor*
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Date: 2011-05-03 10:06 am (UTC)(no subject)
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Date: 2011-05-03 10:56 am (UTC)(no subject)
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Date: 2011-05-03 10:55 am (UTC)What surprises me when I read a story I've written a couple of weeks after I've got to the end (not finished by any means) is how awful my sentence structure is. It makes me cringe! I wish I could write pretty sentences. *sigh* Maybe when I grow up!
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Date: 2011-05-03 11:59 am (UTC)(no subject)
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Date: 2011-05-03 05:21 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-05-03 10:04 pm (UTC)::enjoys rose petals and tries not to be jealous::
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Date: 2011-05-03 05:24 pm (UTC)I have two Brit dictionaries--Understanding British English by Margaret Moore is a fantastic reference and I keep it right by my computer.
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The word I don't know--tail, as in tail that car. Heard a Brit word for tail on Life on Mars and meant to write it down, but I didn't.
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Date: 2011-05-03 07:06 pm (UTC)(no subject)
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Date: 2011-05-03 07:05 pm (UTC)Also, I am terrible at writing climaxes. Of either sort. :P
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Date: 2011-05-03 10:07 pm (UTC)I don't know about your climaxes. They've always seemed nicely...climactic to me. *g*
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Date: 2011-05-04 11:25 pm (UTC)Of course, my "break" has been going on for a bit now... Hmmm.