Writing resources

[Philipaholt]

These are two websites I've been using for historical accuracy and inspiration.

Darcy clothing : (for descriptive purposes) https://www.darcyclothing.com/collections/mens-shirts

And Victorian England 1876

https://logicmgmt.com/1876/site_map.htm

[Philipaholt]

Oh and this handy calendar website for accuracy in dating. Because I'm just that nerdy
https://researchmaniacs.com/Calendar/1851/Year.html

I chose 1851 because that's the year of the great exhibition although n&s was published a few years later.

[Forsteriaana30]

Very good idea for topic, Pippkin. I like it. And these websites are very helpful and interesting. They'll help me for my stories very much. Thank you very much!

[DaisyNinjaGirl]

That clothes website was super interesting; I find it a lot easier to find resources for women's clothing.

[TRavine]

These are two websites I've been using for historical accuracy and inspiration.

Darcy clothing : (for descriptive purposes) https://www.darcyclothing.com/collections/mens-shirts

And Victorian England 1876

https://logicmgmt.com/1876/site_map.htm

PIPPA!!!! Oh my gosh!!! That clothing store!!!! I need to have that frock coat! I've been looking all over! And it's even all made of cotton, (aka vegan). This just made my week!!!!

And the other pages are AMAZING! *jumps headfirst into the Victorian England-one for the next six hours*

[Philipaholt]

These are two websites I've been using for historical accuracy and inspiration.

Darcy clothing : (for descriptive purposes) https://www.darcyclothing.com/collections/mens-shirts

And Victorian England 1876

https://logicmgmt.com/1876/site_map.htm

PIPPA!!!! Oh my gosh!!! That clothing store!!!! I need to have that frock coat! I've been looking all over! And it's even all made of cotton, (aka vegan). This just made my week!!!!

And the other pages are AMAZING! *jumps headfirst into the Victorian England-one for the next six hours*

You're welcome. I'm happy to be of service

[merry]

Wonderful idea, Pipkin!

GET THE VEGAN FROCK COAT, TOM

[DaisyNinjaGirl]

This is a good Youtube channel for clothing details. I've linked to their 'Getting Dressed...' series, there are a bunch around 1850s. Including at Christmas! (They're really good at tying their clothes into real people/specific cultural moments, which I love.)

[mimosa]

Have you ever used grammarly? When I watch a youtube video, that often turns up in the ads. It might be a useful tool.

I use my husband... :lol: He's a very good English grammar nerd...his father was as well. Dad would be correcting his family all the time. My husband comments on what he calls my "Neerlandianisms" -- bad grammar from growing up in a Dutch ESL community....or my Neerlandian accent. One of his pet peeves is the bringing and the taking being misused. And there are others. My eldest son is very good at grammar as well...even though he didn't write until he went to high school, but he was always given good writing in books and audiobooks. (And that would be the Charlotte Mason way of teaching (well...copywork was...but the same idea.))

ME

[Philipaholt]

Have you ever used grammarly? When I watch a youtube video, that often turns up in the ads. It might be a useful tool.

I use my husband... : He's a very good English grammar nerd...his father was as well. Dad would be correcting his family all the time. My husband comments on what he calls my "Neerlandianisms" -- bad grammar from growing up in a Dutch ESL community....or my Neerlandian accent. One of his pet peeves is the bringing and the taking being misused. And there are others. My eldest son is very good at grammar as well...even though he didn't write until he went to high school, but he was always given good writing in books and audiobooks. (And that would be the Charlotte Mason way of teaching (well...copywork was...but the same idea.))

ME

MIM....I need the name of a common Canadian trucking company.....for research!!

[mimosa]

Oh shoot! Yes, you did ask me earlier. I'll work on that right now! I remember I had questions, and I couldn't reply right away/

Do you need it to be one that goes across Canada, through the states? Does it have to be based in a certain province? is it a moving company or a freight company?

ME

[mimosa]

MIM....I need the name of a common Canadian trucking company.....for research!!

Oh shoot! Yes, you did ask me earlier. I'll work on that right now! I remember I had questions, and I couldn't reply right away/

Do you need it to be one that goes across Canada, through the states? Does it have to be based in a certain province? is it a moving company or a freight company?

ME

So, really? Nothing actually came to mind! Do I not pay attention to trucking companies? There are a million of them. Well, I have, did, and used to, and my brain must have gone to rot. So I looked up some stuff for you anyway. I assume you want it in Ontario since it's not that far from your Milton.

I messaged you....well, I edited this so that what you wanted got messaged to you.

ME

[Philipaholt]

MIM....I need the name of a common Canadian trucking company.....for research!!

Oh shoot! Yes, you did ask me earlier. I'll work on that right now! I remember I had questions, and I couldn't reply right away/

Do you need it to be one that goes across Canada, through the states? Does it have to be based in a certain province? is it a moving company or a freight company?

ME

So, really? Nothing actually came to mind! Do I not pay attention to trucking companies? There are a million of them. Well, I have, did, and used to, and my brain must have gone to rot. So I looked up some stuff for you anyway. I assume you want it in Ontario since it's not that far from your Milton.

I messaged you....well, I edited this so that what you wanted got messaged to you.

ME

Thank you Mim!!!

[SHBirds]

I'm still trying to find my way in here... but I thought I might start by sharing a couple of useful links:

The first one is a Glossary of Lankashire Dialect I've come across only quite recently:
https://folkcustoms.co.uk/a-glossary-of ... e-dialect/

And the other one is a fairly good translator (Forget Google translator, please. It's mostly plain awful!), especially if you wish to translate entire sentences / texts. DeepL is for free and you don't need to register to use the basic functions (sorry, it's a German site, but it's pretty obvious how it works...) I recently chucked in a fairly sophisticated German newspaper article to translate into English, and it came out really well; good sentence structure and all. This translator should work quite well with all major western languages. I also tried English to French and it was fine... just as long as you keep in mind that many languages other than English have a polite form of address (like the French 'vous' vs. 'tu'). The translator may offer you a choice between those two; so you may have to know which one to pick:
https://www.deepl.com/de/translator

I got tons of other research links, but they're generally specific to actual stories of mine... such as a site on Danish swear words.

[Forsteriaana30]

I'm still trying to find my way in here... but I thought I might start by sharing a couple of useful links:

The first one is a Glossary of Lankashire Dialect I've come across only quite recently:
https://folkcustoms.co.uk/a-glossary-of ... e-dialect/

And the other one is a fairly good translator (Forget Google translator, please. It's mostly plain awful!), especially if you wish to translate entire sentences / texts. DeepL is for free and you don't need to register to use the basic functions (sorry, it's a German site, but it's pretty obvious how it works...) I recently chucked in a fairly sophisticated German newspaper article to translate into English, and it came out really well; good sentence structure and all. This translator should work quite well with all major western languages. I also tried English to French and it was fine... just as long as you keep in mind that many languages other than English have a polite form of address (like the French 'vous' vs. 'tu'). The translator may offer you a choice between those two; so you may have to know which one to pick:
https://www.deepl.com/de/translator

I got tons of other research links, but they're generally specific to actual stories of mine... such as a site on Danish swear words.

Thank you, Birdy. I have this DeepL in my laptop too and absolutely agree what you wrote about it. It's translate very perfect from my native language Latvian to English too. More better than in Google Translate. So this is very good translator. I also advice to use this one. Try it!

[Philipaholt]

I'm still trying to find my way in here... but I thought I might start by sharing a couple of useful links:

The first one is a Glossary of Lankashire Dialect I've come across only quite recently:
https://folkcustoms.co.uk/a-glossary-of ... e-dialect/

And the other one is a fairly good translator (Forget Google translator, please. It's mostly plain awful!), especially if you wish to translate entire sentences / texts. DeepL is for free and you don't need to register to use the basic functions (sorry, it's a German site, but it's pretty obvious how it works...) I recently chucked in a fairly sophisticated German newspaper article to translate into English, and it came out really well; good sentence structure and all. This translator should work quite well with all major western languages. I also tried English to French and it was fine... just as long as you keep in mind that many languages other than English have a polite form of address (like the French 'vous' vs. 'tu'). The translator may offer you a choice between those two; so you may have to know which one to pick:
https://www.deepl.com/de/translator

I got tons of other research links, but they're generally specific to actual stories of mine... such as a site on Danish swear words.

Excellent resources! Danke, Birds

[mimosa]

Well, I didn't know where to put this, but thought this was awesome. How do we know without knowing? It’s amazing how we seem to know rules without realizing they are even rules!

ME

[DaisyNinjaGirl]

Well, I didn't know where to put this, but thought this was awesome. How do we know without knowing? It’s amazing how we seem to know rules without realizing they are even rules!

It's funny all the little nuances you get in a language and take for granted, isn't it?

[TRavine]

Well, I didn't know where to put this, but thought this was awesome. How do we know without knowing? It’s amazing how we seem to know rules without realizing they are even rules!

ME

*dies*

[mimosa]

Georgette Heyer's unique terminology. Boy, almost like Shakespeare.
I found this via another random author of what I call chips and candy romance books...probably because I'm usually reading books of substance.

https://www.georgette-heyer.com/slang.html

ME