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I have a character...
Who lives in Antwerp, and I have come across a problem with names of streets, and names of days. Character A lives on the Vrijdagmarkt. Should she say that she lives on the Vrijdagmarkt and the day is Friday, that she lives on the Vrijdagmarkt and the day is Vrijdag, or that she lives on the Friday Market and the day is Friday? -
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I just ordered Loeb copies of the Iliad, the Odyssey and the Aeneid. Each of which comes in two volumes.
I am so glad I am still at the stage where my parents pay for these things. -
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Our Drama teacher is making noises about taking us to see The Importance of Being Earnest for our A-Level Notes, as a contrast to our last trip, which was Stockholm by Bryony Lavery.
Hurrah! -
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I have recently come to the conclusion that I could quite cheerfully strangle my Latin teacher for Years 8 and 9.
I want to learn Latin, or Greek. Preferably both, at least the basics, before I go to University.
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Extract from 1939, in the Hapsburg 'Verse.
My grandmother does not live in a garret. My grandmother lives in one floor of a beautiful old Palazzo near the river, with huge drawing rooms that catch the sunlight, and the Arno just out of sight beyond the garden wall. I lived there too, for a while, when I first came to Florence. My grandmother wanted me to stay, but I did not like having the ( Read more... ) -
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I'd rather like to get a copy of the Aeneid. What is generally considered the 'best' translation? -
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An idea. Set in the Hapsburg universe, about 300/400 years on from everything I've posted.
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Slytherin!Bab Childe fic. Set during An Infamous Army, and originally posted on frankie_ecap's journal. I have done a bad, bad thing. Heyer/Harry Potter crossover.
( The Alastairs' return from Sir Charles Stuart's ball was a tense affair for all concerned. ) -
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Seen just about everywhere: Name any story I've written (fic and original), and any character in it. I'll tell you three things about that character that I didn't put in the story. -
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Well, that's my little sister's birthday present, and half her Christmas present, bought!