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North and South Chat
Posted: Thu Jan 05, 2023 7:53 pm
by Forsteriaana30
ColleenD wrote: ↑Thu Jan 05, 2023 5:39 pm
Doing vocab with the kiddos this morning we came across a word that I thought would be appropriate to N&S. The word was synecdoche. Here is the definition from The Free Dictionary:
synecdoche
A figure of speech in which the name of a part is used to stand for the whole (as hand for sailor), the whole for a part (as the law for police officer), the specific for the general (as cutthroat for assassin), the general for the specific (as thief for pickpocket), or the material for the thing made from it (as steel for sword).
That's interesting, but I didn't understand. Sorry, but for me it's so complicated description. I had read it many times, but still nothing.
But prefer that is something interesting!
ColleenD wrote: ↑Thu Jan 05, 2023 5:39 pm
Although now that I think about it... was that in the book or the series, that she didn't approve of calling them hands (or was it in some other fanfic I've read)?
No, I think it wasn't in the series nor the book. I don't remember at least it!
ColleenD wrote: ↑Thu Jan 05, 2023 5:39 pm
That begs another question... Did Fanny say, in the series, that John was "Married to the Mill"? I used that in my story but I wonder now if I got that from the series or some other fanfic (see my paranoia setting in here LOL!).
No, she didn't said it I think. I'm watching it so much times, so I say that this wasn't there!
North and South Chat
Posted: Sat Jan 07, 2023 10:01 pm
by graceeliz
I suppose this goes in here. I'm listening to the BBC Radio 4 drama version ft Patsy Ferran, on BBC sounds. I like it!
North and South Chat
Posted: Wed Jan 11, 2023 9:38 pm
by ColleenD
I just found this: Audible has North and South for free
https://www.audible.com/pd/North-and-So ... 0adcf31590
You don't need a subscription just an Audible account. They have a bunch of other free audiobooks too, including other Gaskells, Austen, Dickens, etc.
https://www.audible.com/ep/FreeListens? ... pK8MrIWTWI
North and South Chat
Posted: Fri Jan 13, 2023 8:49 pm
by ColleenD
I saw this online. It proves that we ff authors provide a necessary service to humanity.
North and South Chat
Posted: Sat Jan 14, 2023 6:33 am
by TRavine
ColleenD wrote: ↑Fri Jan 13, 2023 8:49 pm
I saw this online. It proves that we ff authors provide a necessary service to humanity.
Oooh I felt that!!! And that's so true!!! I have a hard time starting new books sometimes, partly because I'm still too much into the ones from the last book.
That may weird, but my brain goes: "I'm not up for meeting new people again. I'd rather hang out with the ones I know and love."
That may also be the reason why I'd rather rewatch my comfort movies for the 50th time than start a new Netflix series.
North and South Chat
Posted: Sat Jan 14, 2023 6:34 am
by TRavine
Also this!
Pretty accurate.
North and South Chat
Posted: Sat Jan 14, 2023 10:20 am
by Forsteriaana30
North and South Chat
Posted: Sat Jan 14, 2023 10:50 am
by merry
That picture! says it ALL!
It proves that we ff authors provide a necessary service to humanity.
Absolutely!
It's that which got me into writing fanfic in the first place.... NO, WHAT?! YOU STOPPED
THERE??!
North and South Chat
Posted: Sat Jan 14, 2023 12:06 pm
by Philipaholt
merry wrote: ↑Sat Jan 14, 2023 10:50 am
That picture! says it ALL!
It proves that we ff authors provide a necessary service to humanity.
Absolutely!
It's that which got me into writing fanfic in the first place.... NO, WHAT?! YOU STOPPED
THERE??!
Do you know, I just realised I wrote fanfiction as a child. For movies and books I loved and wanted to be a part of the story!
North and South Chat
Posted: Sat Jan 14, 2023 12:08 pm
by Philipaholt
TRavine wrote: ↑Sat Jan 14, 2023 6:33 am
ColleenD wrote: ↑Fri Jan 13, 2023 8:49 pm
I saw this online. It proves that we ff authors provide a necessary service to humanity.
Oooh I felt that!!! And that's so true!!! I have a hard time starting new books sometimes, partly because I'm still too much into the ones from the last book.
That may weird, but my brain goes: "I'm not up for meeting new people again. I'd rather hang out with the ones I know and love."
That may also be the reason why I'd rather rewatch my comfort movies for the 50th time than start a new Netflix series.
This makes perfect sense to me. It may also be why you travel back to the same places rather than exploring new ones. You want to find all the hidden details and secrets
North and South Chat
Posted: Sat Jan 14, 2023 12:12 pm
by TRavine
Philipaholt wrote: ↑Sat Jan 14, 2023 12:08 pm
TRavine wrote: ↑Sat Jan 14, 2023 6:33 am
ColleenD wrote: ↑Fri Jan 13, 2023 8:49 pm
I saw this online. It proves that we ff authors provide a necessary service to humanity.
Oooh I felt that!!! And that's so true!!! I have a hard time starting new books sometimes, partly because I'm still too much into the ones from the last book.
That may weird, but my brain goes: "I'm not up for meeting new people again. I'd rather hang out with the ones I know and love."
That may also be the reason why I'd rather rewatch my comfort movies for the 50th time than start a new Netflix series.
This makes perfect sense to me. It may also be why you travel back to the same places rather than exploring new ones. You want to find all the hidden details and secrets
That is literally SO true!!!
How do you people know me so well?!
North and South Chat
Posted: Sat Jan 14, 2023 3:52 pm
by ColleenD
TRavine wrote: ↑Sat Jan 14, 2023 6:34 am
Also this!
Pretty accurate.
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Oh, I love this! Yes! FF is like a smorgasboard.
North and South Chat
Posted: Sun Jan 15, 2023 4:10 am
by DaisyNinjaGirl
TRavine wrote: ↑Sat Jan 14, 2023 6:34 am
Also this!
Pretty accurate.
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Oh, absolutely. Fanfic style writing, where people pick up an idea and do it all the ways it could have been is much,
much closer to how people wrote pre-1700. Yes, in some cases there are original stories where we know who thought up the first plot, but a lot of the Big Stories, like Greek myths, and the Arthurian Cycle, and Robin Hood, and that, the 'great' versions are the ones that got told by a great writer - they were drawing on a big sloshy cauldron of other people's story telling to get there.
North and South Chat
Posted: Sun Jan 15, 2023 4:43 am
by PenelopePitstop
Reading well written fanfiction has opened up the characters of John and Margaret for me, revealing new believable layers to their personalities, and giving greater insight into their motivations and drivers, something which the book and TV series only hint at.
As a grateful reader, thank you writers for all your fabulous John and Margaret tales. ❤
North and South Chat
Posted: Sun Jan 15, 2023 11:20 pm
by merry
Penelope. Thank you so much! You are lovely - so supportive - heartening to hear something like that, it really is!
North and South Chat
Posted: Thu Jan 26, 2023 4:18 pm
by mimosa
Oh Pippa, why do you have John Thornton chewing coffee grinds?
We have a 5-cup pot where Y, G, and I each make our own separate coffee (well, the pot is broken, so we use mugs and the girls get cheap coffee whereas I get quality coffee -- that's my salary...bwahahaha). One of my daughters is messy putting grinds in the filter of our coffee maker (so it gets in the filter holder), and I just got a load in my coffee...so freaking gross.
ME
North and South Chat
Posted: Thu Jan 26, 2023 6:17 pm
by Philipaholt
mimosa wrote: ↑Thu Jan 26, 2023 4:18 pm
Oh Pippa, why do you have John Thornton chewing coffee grinds?
We have a 5-cup pot where Y, G, and I each make our own separate coffee (well, the pot is broken, so we use mugs and the girls get cheap coffee whereas I get quality coffee -- that's my salary...bwahahaha). One of my daughters is messy putting grinds in the filter of our coffee maker (so it gets in the filter holder), and I just got a load in my coffee...so freaking gross.
ME
Because....he just does....Im not terribly sure why?? He's an odd one, my John. Does things out of nowhere....I have it as a habit he picked up from his father.
North and South Chat
Posted: Thu Jan 26, 2023 7:01 pm
by mimosa
Philipaholt wrote: ↑Thu Jan 26, 2023 6:17 pm
mimosa wrote: ↑Thu Jan 26, 2023 4:18 pm
Oh Pippa, why do you have John Thornton chewing coffee grinds?
We have a 5-cup pot where Y, G, and I each make our own separate coffee (well, the pot is broken, so we use mugs and the girls get cheap coffee whereas I get quality coffee -- that's my salary...bwahahaha). One of my daughters is messy putting grinds in the filter of our coffee maker (so it gets in the filter holder), and I just got a load in my coffee...so freaking gross.
ME
Because....he just does....Im not terribly sure why?? He's an odd one, my John. Does things out of nowhere....I have it as a habit he picked up from his father.
Yes, he does and he did. Your John has many unusual quirks...and I love him, even if he chews coffee grinds. I'm glad that Margaret found that she loves him, too.
ME
North and South Chat
Posted: Thu Jan 26, 2023 9:17 pm
by Philipaholt
mimosa wrote: ↑Thu Jan 26, 2023 7:01 pm
Philipaholt wrote: ↑Thu Jan 26, 2023 6:17 pm
mimosa wrote: ↑Thu Jan 26, 2023 4:18 pm
Oh Pippa, why do you have John Thornton chewing coffee grinds?
We have a 5-cup pot where Y, G, and I each make our own separate coffee (well, the pot is broken, so we use mugs and the girls get cheap coffee whereas I get quality coffee -- that's my salary...bwahahaha). One of my daughters is messy putting grinds in the filter of our coffee maker (so it gets in the filter holder), and I just got a load in my coffee...so freaking gross.
ME
Because....he just does....Im not terribly sure why?? He's an odd one, my John. Does things out of nowhere....I have it as a habit he picked up from his father.
Yes, he does and he did. Your John has many unusual quirks...and I love him, even if he chews coffee grinds. I'm glad that Margaret found that she loves him, too.
ME
Oh now I'm dying to know what other unusual quirks he's got
North and South Chat
Posted: Fri Jan 27, 2023 6:33 am
by TRavine
Philipaholt wrote: ↑Thu Jan 26, 2023 9:17 pm
mimosa wrote: ↑Thu Jan 26, 2023 7:01 pm
Philipaholt wrote: ↑Thu Jan 26, 2023 6:17 pm
Because....he just does....Im not terribly sure why?? He's an odd one, my John. Does things out of nowhere....I have it as a habit he picked up from his father.
Yes, he does and he did. Your John has many unusual quirks...and I love him, even if he chews coffee grinds. I'm glad that Margaret found that she loves him, too.
ME
Oh now I'm dying to know what other unusual quirks he's got
Right off the bat: Tossing his keys and wallet in his hat.
Always loved that one.
That may weird, but my brain goes: "I'm not up for meeting new people again. I'd rather hang out with the ones I know and love."
How do you people know me so well?! 
Always loved that one.