Thank you for playing. I guess I want to ask you a question if you manage to have a break from Hamlet for a little while.
What caused you to guess woman in number four? I am not going to say whether you are right or wrong, I am just curious, because to me if I saw that quote for the first time, to me I would say that man wrote it.
Hamlet's put to bed. Now it's tomorrow's finals. I guess I get a break between tomorrow after four and Monday when MayMester starts.
Woman on four. I had to think about that. I fell on the side of Woman because of the commas and the use of the word 'and'. I'm still not 100% sure about this one and a couple of others because males who write do tend to write more... how to put this?.. chatty - that is, more run-on sentences than a non-writing male, more warmth maybe, in that chattiness.
Also, more equivocal words. "almost as bad as the heat." "half-civilized enemy, the men were quiet, almost nervous, preparing..." and, not equivocal but more evocative: "put heart into his men". It's very borderline in tone so I let the compound sentences and the use of "and" to include starting two sentences with it, sway me.
Ooh, fun! I'm just squeaking in under the wire, I think (I missed this post, somehow...) I haven't read any of the comments so as to come to this as blank a slate as possible. :)
1) Woman (No idea on the book, so I'm making a gut call. I think it's that the guy is praising the woman's strength? I have such lame guts)
2) Man (No idea on the book, again. I'm guessing this was written during the Romantic period and it sounds like what a guy would write at that time.)
3) Man (I'm pretty sure I know this book... email to follow. *g*)
4) Man (This tickles me as something I should know, if only based on authorial style, but I can't put a finger on it. I'm thinking turn of the century though (erm, 19th century *g*) so I'm thinking boy, because girls weren't writing about war back then. *embraces sexist stereotype
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Yes you do know that book :), spot on. And you know few others too. Answers are posted under the cut, thanks for playing and now I can send you a book too, heh.
Heeee, welcome. Well, I was just tired typing longer quotes, really and I tried to pick and chose those that I in the past tend to perceive as (often pseudo) indication of female or male writing. I will open the entry with answers, sure.
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1, 2, female.
3, 4 male.
5, female
6, 7 male
8, 9 female
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Thanks for playing!
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1. Woman.
2. Man.
3. Man.
4. Woman.
5. Man.
6. Man.
7. Woman.
8. Woman.
9. Woman.
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What caused you to guess woman in number four? I am not going to say whether you are right or wrong, I am just curious, because to me if I saw that quote for the first time, to me I would say that man wrote it.
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Woman on four. I had to think about that. I fell on the side of Woman because of the commas and the use of the word 'and'. I'm still not 100% sure about this one and a couple of others because males who write do tend to write more... how to put this?.. chatty - that is, more run-on sentences than a non-writing male, more warmth maybe, in that chattiness.
Also, more equivocal words. "almost as bad as the heat." "half-civilized enemy, the men were quiet, almost nervous, preparing..." and, not equivocal but more evocative: "put heart into his men". It's very borderline in tone so I let the compound sentences and the use of "and" to include starting two sentences with it, sway me.
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Okay, I was hoping couple more people will play, but I guess not. Let me post the reminder and close the game this Sunday and post the results, heh.
But I think I have enough books to send all of you, heh. I do promise to announce the winner however :)
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1) Woman (No idea on the book, so I'm making a gut call. I think it's that the guy is praising the woman's strength? I have such lame guts)
2) Man (No idea on the book, again. I'm guessing this was written during the Romantic period and it sounds like what a guy would write at that time.)
3) Man (I'm pretty sure I know this book... email to follow. *g*)
4) Man (This tickles me as something I should know, if only based on authorial style, but I can't put a finger on it. I'm thinking turn of the century though (erm, 19th century *g*) so I'm thinking boy, because girls weren't writing about war back then. *embraces sexist stereotype ( ... )
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This was fun!
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