COMPLETELY FREE OF ERRORS -- RIGHT?

[forgivesusan]

You ABSOLUTELY cannot find ANY errors in this story!

(If you can, I owe you a coke.)

Our Twp has traveled o'er hill and dale, o'er dale and hill; and when he gets tired of those hills and dales he sits down to rest, and tells us the story of when he traveled all the way to fabled Camelot, the court of King Arthur - yes, even King Arthur

Comments

[teal_cuttlefish]

Aren't turkey's a North American bird, and thus not available in King Arthur's court?

I've generally seen over written o'er in poetry, but perhaps there is another convention I'm not aware of.

I only read the first, italicized paragraph because I have been up a very long time. I skimmed the rest and saw nothing that caught my attention.

You may want to shoot me, since you haven't a clue who I am, but I followed your link in wrongworddammit.

I'm Forgivesusan, by the way

[thefirethorn]

Not only do I NOT want to shoot you I WILL buy you a coke if you find any mistakes.

It can be a virtual coke, but you get the idea.

I *LOVE* my editor, but I noticed he o'relooked some "it's" and "its'" that were supposed to be "its" and now I'm paranoid. The PLAN is for this book to be sold at Faire, which is OMGOMGOMG this weekend, and we are going to print, *crosses fingers* tomorrow.

(My icon, BTW, is part of the coverart.)

[thefirethorn]

1) THANKS, I'll look up o're. You know, I saw it the most in the hymnbook, so I'll check there first.

2) This book is being sold at our fair (see my profile) and this PARTICULAR story is specifically about the chessboard that will happen this year.

Turkey Legs at "medieval" faires, and ren faires, is always a hot topic of contention -- usually with a mouthfull 'cause they are VERY good, especially on cold days. Yes, turkeys, like potatoes, are purely American. Like the redbud trees and the scissortail flycatcher which also show up in my stories.

THIS audience is VERY specific, i.e., the fairgoers at THIS fair, so they won't question the turkey legs any more than they question Henry and Arthur hanging out together. The book that we will sell on Amazon will actually be slightly different and not so specific.

ANYWAY PLEASE FEEL FREE to analyze to your heart's content!!! There are 4 stories here, and I'm DYING for someone to ask these specific questions!

[teal_cuttlefish]

OK on the turkey legs. If you get a history geek, just tell them you know, but you wanted the "average fairgoer" to relate and they don't know where turkeys started.

Or change it to hunks of fowl, or chunks of roasted bird, but that doesn't sound as appealing to the modern palate.

I didn't see anything else on a reverse perusal of the story; I think you're in good shape.

[monomamo]

Very intereresting reading. thx

[xipeglis]

Very intereresting reading. thx

[forgivesusan]

Thanks for reading.....how did you stumble on it?