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[lightofdaye]

Hello All. Update Time.

• Thinking of possibly writing something for charlieficathon, it's very laid back apparently open for claiming write up till it starts posting in May. 'Course now I say this my idea may fall through.


• Been what a week and a half, still not heard back from my tutor about my draft. Emailed on monday with a polite query and got the response probably sometime this week.


• Possibly linked, possibly not but yesterday and intermittently today, I've just felt damned nervous for no discernible cause. Bit weird.


• asoiafkinkmeme seems to be missing in action. Just when I was thinking of looking for inspiration there. At the end of the last round it said the next would open on the 15th.


• eta: Small victory though! I managed to set Google Chrome to spell check in proper English. No more red lines under armour and words ending '-ise' for me!

Comments

[nevrafire.livejournal.com]

:?

You're the second english person I know who has an issue with people eating the H in herb, of all things.

like I understand if the person has a really thick accent or heavily slang-ed speech that you can't understand what they're saying at all, or if one's name has a very specific pronunciation, but if people have issues with a few words, i don't see what's the problem?

like what about people who speak english as a second language? or have a speech impediment?

(FWI- not mad or anything, I just find it so odd how "pronouncing Herb correctly" seems to be a big deal for english people. ;p )

[lightofdaye]

*shrug* I'm not been hugely serious here. Americans are entitled to say anything they like. It just seems a conspicuous difference that you drop the H and we don't, there doesn't seem to be any particular reason. It doesn't make your english and more sensible and logical like some changes. So that's probably why it stands out.

[nevrafire.livejournal.com]

oh okay.

again, I'm not mad about it, and if i sounded like I was, i'm sorry.

(although now that I brought it up- I been rolling it around and to clarify--- saying it, it should be HER-b (pronouncing the H) right? )

it was just two people I know (you and this other friend) mentioned the same exact thing with the H in herb and it was just weird and i didn't get it.

thanks for clarifying.

[lightofdaye]

yeah its like 'her-b', like its spelt really.

[nevrafire.livejournal.com]

got it.