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Post by Maldeus on Nov 27, 2010 22:26:21 GMT -8
If you have any outsiders, have them notice the accent when meeting new characters. Otherwise, just drop in Louisianaisms wherever possible. Do not add in a phonetic accent to the dialogue, it's awful to read.
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Post by reynard on Nov 28, 2010 12:34:06 GMT -8
If you have any outsiders, have them notice the accent when meeting new characters. Otherwise, just drop in Louisianaisms wherever possible. Do not add in a phonetic accent to the dialogue, it's awful to read. Totally in agreement. A writing book I have on Dialogue says to drop in speech quirks like accents only sparingly. Use them one or twice to tell the reader how this person talks, and maybe put it back in here and there, but do not make it constant. I can tell from experience. My high school English classes had us reading several books set in the South for a few years, all of them with the accent constantly in the dialogue. After a while, it became extremely irritating. Is the place you're thinking of anywhere near New Orleans? If it is, I found this website with a lexicon of New Orleans slang. It's titled "How ta tawk rite" and the address is www.gumbopages.com/yatspeak.html
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Post by Truth is Harsher on Nov 28, 2010 14:30:41 GMT -8
Anyone know what the legal drinking ages and ages of consent are in Montreal/Canada? It'd be helpful.
The age to drink in Montreal is 18. Consent is 14...I think.
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Post by Truth is Harsher on Nov 28, 2010 14:34:45 GMT -8
Thanks for the song suggestions by the way.
Also is it true that some flowers can turn blood red if blood is mixed in the soil or water? I think Hydrangeas can...but I'm not sure.
Also if you had a journal or diary of some kind where would you hide it in your house?
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Post by stormcat on Nov 28, 2010 14:54:56 GMT -8
Thanks for the song suggestions by the way.
Also is it true that some flowers can turn blood red if blood is mixed in the soil or water? I think Hydrangeas can...but I'm not sure.
Also if you had a journal or diary of some kind where would you hide it in your house? Hydrangeas change color in the presence of Acid, not blood. Though it is possible to change a flower's color if you put it in colored water. Especially if the flower was already white to begin with.
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Post by Truth is Harsher on Nov 28, 2010 15:02:16 GMT -8
Thanks for the song suggestions by the way.
Also is it true that some flowers can turn blood red if blood is mixed in the soil or water? I think Hydrangeas can...but I'm not sure.
Also if you had a journal or diary of some kind where would you hide it in your house? Hydrangeas change color in the presence of Acid, not blood. Though it is possible to change a flower's color if you put it in colored water. Especially if the flower was already white to begin with.
Yeah I know that it changes depending on the acid and base levels in the soil but I heard that blood can change it too. Or maybe that's a myth.
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Post by Darth Sariah on Nov 28, 2010 22:43:27 GMT -8
Thanks for the song suggestions by the way.
Also is it true that some flowers can turn blood red if blood is mixed in the soil or water? I think Hydrangeas can...but I'm not sure.
Also if you had a journal or diary of some kind where would you hide it in your house? Hydrangeas change color in the presence of Acid, not blood. Though it is possible to change a flower's color if you put it in colored water. Especially if the flower was already white to begin with. Blood is slightly acidic. I haven't looked up specifics but it might be possible that there is validity to this idea. And personally, I'd hide a journal in a locked cabinet by my bed if I'm not particularly creative.
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Post by Story Keeper on Nov 29, 2010 0:49:49 GMT -8
I have a specific question. Was it the flashbulb camera that was invented first, or was there another kind beforehand?
Victorian/Georgian fanatics please help me! I did an essay once comparing a picture by Jacob Riis and Dorothea Lange. Looking back on what I typed, I can tell you that the camera came before the flash bulb. To be more precise, the invention wasn't really a flash bulb, but rather flash powder. At the time Jacob Riis took his famous set of pictures of the New York slums, including the picture I analyzed from 1888, Home of an Italian Ragpicker, flash powder was really new, had been invented in Germany, and even more recently around that time had been brought to the US. @ Sir Reilly: Babynames.com gives a short list of names with "woods" in their meaning. Adahy-Only a boy's name, of Native American origin, and means "timber/woods" Adohi-Only a boy's name, of Native American origin, means "of the woods" Arvid-A unisex name, of Scandinavian origin, means "Eagle of the woods, Brave Warrior" Boyce-Only a boy's name, of English origin, means "from the woods" Buzz-Only a boy's name, of American origin, means "village in the woods" Eastwood-Only a boy's name, of English origin, means "from the woods of the east" Forest-A unisex name, of English origin, means "from the woods" Forrest-Only a boy's name, of English origin, means "of the woods, forest" Horst-Only a boy's name, of German origin, means "man from the woods" Howea-A unisex name, of Native American origin, means "clearing in the woods" Norwood-Only a boy's name, of English origin, means "from the north woods" Silvijn-Only a boy's name, of Dutch origin, means "of the woods" Wood-Only a boy's name, of American origin, means "of the woods" Woodrow-Only a boy's name, of English origin, means "from the lane in the woods" Woods-Only a boy's name, of American origin, means "of the Woods" Woody-Only a boy's name, of American origin, means "from the lane in the woods" How are those? Thank you, but you've missed the point slightly. Did any versions of the camera appear before the flash powder one?
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Post by TheAngel'sWings on Nov 29, 2010 2:36:04 GMT -8
My journal currently lies under my bed. It's not like anyone would look for it there, because it looks nothing like a journal, and is next to several other books/notepads with fanfiction in; also, the actual journal bit is hidden amongst story ideas and half-written fanfictions, so the likelyhood of people finding it amongst all of that is quite low.
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Post by Maldeus on Nov 29, 2010 2:43:44 GMT -8
If all else fails, write in code.
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Post by Darth Sariah on Nov 29, 2010 10:21:45 GMT -8
I did an essay once comparing a picture by Jacob Riis and Dorothea Lange. Looking back on what I typed, I can tell you that the camera came before the flash bulb. To be more precise, the invention wasn't really a flash bulb, but rather flash powder. At the time Jacob Riis took his famous set of pictures of the New York slums, including the picture I analyzed from 1888, Home of an Italian Ragpicker, flash powder was really new, had been invented in Germany, and even more recently around that time had been brought to the US. Thank you, but you've missed the point slightly. Did any versions of the camera appear before the flash powder one? Take your pick. First recorded camera type was the pinhole camera in ancient China and Greece. You then move on to Camera Obscura in 1826 after a slew of innovations to make the process easier and faster. Daguerreotypes became popular for a short while in the 1830's. Then callotype photonegatives where in use by 1840. Archer's wet plate collodion process was used in 1851 to produce ambrotypes, ferrotypes, and Albumen photonegatives. 1860 saw the use of dry plates in very much the same fashion. It wasn't until 1880 that photography used magnesium powder flash cameras. I take good notes in art appreciation class.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 29, 2010 10:44:49 GMT -8
@ Sir Reilly: Babynames.com gives a short list of names with "woods" in their meaning. Adahy-Only a boy's name, of Native American origin, and means "timber/woods" Adohi-Only a boy's name, of Native American origin, means "of the woods" Arvid-A unisex name, of Scandinavian origin, means "Eagle of the woods, Brave Warrior" Boyce-Only a boy's name, of English origin, means "from the woods" Buzz-Only a boy's name, of American origin, means "village in the woods" Eastwood-Only a boy's name, of English origin, means "from the woods of the east" Forest-A unisex name, of English origin, means "from the woods" Forrest-Only a boy's name, of English origin, means "of the woods, forest" Horst-Only a boy's name, of German origin, means "man from the woods" Howea-A unisex name, of Native American origin, means "clearing in the woods" Norwood-Only a boy's name, of English origin, means "from the north woods" Silvijn-Only a boy's name, of Dutch origin, means "of the woods" Wood-Only a boy's name, of American origin, means "of the woods" Woodrow-Only a boy's name, of English origin, means "from the lane in the woods" Woods-Only a boy's name, of American origin, means "of the Woods" Woody-Only a boy's name, of American origin, means "from the lane in the woods" How are those? Thanks, but I'm looking for names that suit a place, rather than a person. The town in my story sits on the edge of a wood, which is supposed to be haunted. You can't cut down the trees, there have been no paths cleared through it. It's almost as if the woods are only tolerating the town being there. Ya know how people will say "theres a so and so nearby", like wherever they are is the centerpoint? It's kinda the reverse here, the town is nearby the forest. The forest is the center, and everything else just sits around it. Yeah, that'll probably only make sense to me, but I want the name to show that aspect. Shame too, because Wood-Only and Woodrow-Only had almost perfect meanings.
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Post by Darth Sariah on Nov 29, 2010 10:54:35 GMT -8
@ Sir Reilly: Babynames.com gives a short list of names with "woods" in their meaning. Adahy-Only a boy's name, of Native American origin, and means "timber/woods" Adohi-Only a boy's name, of Native American origin, means "of the woods" Arvid-A unisex name, of Scandinavian origin, means "Eagle of the woods, Brave Warrior" Boyce-Only a boy's name, of English origin, means "from the woods" Buzz-Only a boy's name, of American origin, means "village in the woods" Eastwood-Only a boy's name, of English origin, means "from the woods of the east" Forest-A unisex name, of English origin, means "from the woods" Forrest-Only a boy's name, of English origin, means "of the woods, forest" Horst-Only a boy's name, of German origin, means "man from the woods" Howea-A unisex name, of Native American origin, means "clearing in the woods" Norwood-Only a boy's name, of English origin, means "from the north woods" Silvijn-Only a boy's name, of Dutch origin, means "of the woods" Wood-Only a boy's name, of American origin, means "of the woods" Woodrow-Only a boy's name, of English origin, means "from the lane in the woods" Woods-Only a boy's name, of American origin, means "of the Woods" Woody-Only a boy's name, of American origin, means "from the lane in the woods" How are those? Thanks, but I'm looking for names that suit a place, rather than a person. The town in my story sits on the edge of a wood, which is supposed to be haunted. You can't cut down the trees, there have been no paths cleared through it. It's almost as if the woods are only tolerating the town being there. Ya know how people will say "theres a so and so nearby", like wherever they are is the centerpoint? It's kinda the reverse here, the town is nearby the forest. The forest is the center, and everything else just sits around it. Yeah, that'll probably only make sense to me, but I want the name to show that aspect. Shame too, because Wood-Only and Woodrow-Only had almost perfect meanings. Any particular culture, country, or associated language?
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Post by Deleted on Nov 29, 2010 11:24:05 GMT -8
Any particular culture, country, or associated language? Not really. I just need what's most appropriate and sounds best.
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Post by Lord Lovrina on Nov 29, 2010 21:53:24 GMT -8
I need a good sized town in the mountains of NC for my twilight-esque rewrite. It has to be easy to google map the darn thing.
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Post by Story Keeper on Nov 30, 2010 14:51:40 GMT -8
I'm back with another question.
How many holes does the conductor (on a train) usually punch on your ticket?
My character goes on two trains, you see.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 30, 2010 19:00:19 GMT -8
I need a good sized town in the mountains of NC for my twilight-esque rewrite. It has to be easy to google map the darn thing. Is this going to be like a parody or what?
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Post by Tim Willard on Dec 1, 2010 15:20:27 GMT -8
I have a question for anyone taking ethics, or is familiar with pacifism:
What is the argument against taking a person's life to protect the lives of others?
How is it morally and ethically sound to stand aside and allow others to die rather than set aside the morals and ethics of pacifism in order to save people?
Is the pacifists morality and ethics more valuable than the actual lives of innocents? If so, why?
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Post by stormcat on Dec 1, 2010 16:12:16 GMT -8
I have a question for anyone taking ethics, or is familiar with pacifism:
What is the argument against taking a person's life to protect the lives of others?
How is it morally and ethically sound to stand aside and allow others to die rather than set aside the morals and ethics of pacifism in order to save people?
Is the pacifists morality and ethics more valuable than the actual lives of innocents? If so, why? Depends on how the life is to be taken. If someone were to stand in-between someone and a spray of bullets, that would still be technically pacifist. Also, if a pacifist volunteers to be killed in place of someone else, it's also acceptable. But what a pacifist CAN NOT do is to take up arms and actually physically fight something or someone.
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Post by Lord Lovrina on Dec 2, 2010 13:19:47 GMT -8
I need a good sized town in the mountains of NC for my twilight-esque rewrite. It has to be easy to google map the darn thing. Is this going to be like a parody or what? It's boarderline parody. I have Lovrina-pires that if sunlight hits them flowery orange fireworks spark from them in their transformed state. At least I'm going to say it's a magical curse... I also am having a hard time finding obscure French names. I nead something different since I already have a Henri, Mireille, Adrienne, Dominique, Juliette and Manon. I have a dire need for male French names. (This is a Christmas story I'm working on.)
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Post by stormcat on Dec 2, 2010 14:15:03 GMT -8
Is this going to be like a parody or what? It's boarderline parody. I have Lovrina-pires that if sunlight hits them flowery orange fireworks spark from them in their transformed state. At least I'm going to say it's a magical curse... I also am having a hard time finding obscure French names. I nead something different since I already have a Henri, Mireille, Adrienne, Dominique, Juliette and Manon. I have a dire need for male French names. (This is a Christmas story I'm working on.) Here's a few: -Alphonse -Antoine -Ariel (works for male or female) -Aresne (Accent over first e) -Blaise -Claude -Cyrille -Denis -Emile -Felix -Francois -Gaspard -Gustav -Hercule -Honore (Accent over e) -Marc -Pascal -Patrice -Raoul -Remy -Renard -Ulrich these any good?
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Post by Lord Lovrina on Dec 2, 2010 18:29:26 GMT -8
^ They are. I like Renard, Gaspard, Felix, Cyrille and Claude a lot. I wish my computer could type accent marks for some of the names. Merci.
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Post by Tim Willard on Dec 2, 2010 18:58:48 GMT -8
I have a question for anyone taking ethics, or is familiar with pacifism:
What is the argument against taking a person's life to protect the lives of others?
How is it morally and ethically sound to stand aside and allow others to die rather than set aside the morals and ethics of pacifism in order to save people?
Is the pacifists morality and ethics more valuable than the actual lives of innocents? If so, why? Depends on how the life is to be taken. If someone were to stand in-between someone and a spray of bullets, that would still be technically pacifist. Also, if a pacifist volunteers to be killed in place of someone else, it's also acceptable. But what a pacifist CAN NOT do is to take up arms and actually physically fight something or someone.
So, now matter what, a pacifist picking up a weapon and choosing to fight rather than die and/or allowing others to die, because there is literally no other solution, has abandoned their ethics.
Gotcha. Thanks.
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Post by stormcat on Dec 2, 2010 19:41:24 GMT -8
^ They are. I like Renard, Gaspard, Felix, Cyrille and Claude a lot. I wish my computer could type accent marks for some of the names. Merci. My favorite is Gaspard too! I also like Aresne.
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Post by nchaos on Dec 3, 2010 12:01:50 GMT -8
Does anyone have a good, easy to digest site with a few facts about schizophrenia or medications commonly prescribed for it? Plox and thanks.
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Post by Lord Lovrina on Dec 3, 2010 13:46:18 GMT -8
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Post by reynard on Dec 4, 2010 13:22:43 GMT -8
You beat me to the punch. Anyway those are great sites, and I can add some stuff from my old Psychology book. The thing to keep in mind about schizophrenia is that while some of the symptoms may resemble those of depression or bipolar disorder (mood disorders), those are due to disturbed emotion, while schizophrenia is caused by disturbed thought. It affects about 1% of the American population. However, that's just the general person. For identical twins, the chances of the other having it when one has it is 48%. For offspring of two people with it, the chance is 46%. For a fraternal twin, it's 17%. The offspring of one schizophrenic parent has a chance somewhere just under 15%. For a sibling, it's something just under 10%. For a niece/nephew, it's maybe around 5%. Also, besides the "flat effect" where they show little emotion, they can also show inappropriate emotion for a given situation. For example, crying at a silly cartoon and laughing at the death of a kid. It makes a patient somewhat unpredictable. Schizophrenia usually starts showing up in adolescence or early adulthood, but after age 45 it only shows up infrequently. Most patients have a history of strange behavior, and cognitive/social deficits, but don't usually have a full on disorder in childhood. The emergence of it can be sudden or gradual. For a patient to have a favorable prognosis of recovery, there are a number of factors, and overall the rate of full recovery is about 15-20%. One is that the onset of it was sudden, not gradual. Two: The onset was at a later age. Three: the patient's social and work adjustment were relatively good before the onset. Four: the proportion of negative symptoms is relatively low. Five: the patient's cognitive functioning is relatively preserved. Six: The patient shows good adherence to treatment. Seven: The patient has a healthy, supportive family to turn to. Another factor can be how much expressed emotion you have in the family, or in other words, the degree that they express highly critical or emotionally involved attitudes to the patient. It's been found that recovered patients that go to families like that usually suffer a relapse, their overly involved families turning into a point of stress rather than social support. Also, those Schizoid and Schizotypal disorders they mention, while they are like schizophrenia they are not the disorder. They are personality disorders, caused by rigid, extreme, inflexible personality traits. On the section on medication, I'd like to elaborate on their side effects. One other side effect of anti-psychotic meds is a long lasting condition known as tardive dyskinesia. It happens to 20-30% of everybody that uses traditional anti-psychotics for long term treatment. It's a neurological disorder marked by involuntary writhing and ticlike movements of the mouth, tongue, face, hands, or feet. There is no cure, although remission sometimes happens all of the sudden when people stop taking the meds. That's what they were talking about when they mentioned atypical antipsychotic drugs. These produce fewer side effects and have a lower chance of causing that disorder. That site mentioned Electroconvulsive therapy for schizophrenia, and you really should not use that. What I mean is that while Electroconvulsive therapy was created originally to treat schizophrenia, these days, it is recommended by some primarily as a means of treating depression, not schizophrenia. And while it is not a rare form of treatment, only 8% of psychiatrists administer it. Does that help?
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Post by stormcat on Dec 6, 2010 19:52:02 GMT -8
Here is one.
When spies intercept information, but don't physically take it, just copy it, is there a special term for what the spy has just collected?
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Post by nchaos on Dec 6, 2010 21:53:47 GMT -8
Goddamn, thanks reynard. You really seem to know your stuff, man.
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Post by Tim Willard on Dec 7, 2010 4:32:26 GMT -8
Here is one. When spies intercept information, but don't physically take it, just copy it, is there a special term for what the spy has just collected?
Depends on the nation. Some stuff I've heard is "transcriptions" and "photostats", but that's probably really dated.
You could just call it copies and be fine.
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