... well uhm... to begin with, english has no accents, yah, but there are other rules on how to proncoune things...depening on which vowls/consonants stand...
... didn't have to get through all those problems with their relationship intact, I would question the validity of their relationship. I once read that a...
... Yes, I agree. And I think it depends strongly on the context of the whole story. There's a difference between a pointless sex-scene and one that tells us...
i concur! ... I agree. I have absolutely no problem with reading a sex scene as long as it doesn't completely take over the book. I've heard lots of people ...
Hi, i just had to say that i'm totally in love with the Kushiel series, i got my friends into it, good times. also, i don't think the sex in that book was...
Mmmh... interesting topic. I personally think that a story should be authentic in the first place... also in sexuality, because if a person has sex, it's part...
There's a difference between sex in literature and gratuitous sex in literature, though. Just because the main character of a novel is a sex fiend doesn't mean...
From: "Erin Danielle" <theatre_junkie00@...> ... That's no fun! It may be a lasting effect of my early childhood in the south Pacific, but I do find...
... On this thought, What did Tolkein do? Did he just change around words or did he actually come up with all those odd langauges in his books as something...
... all ... thinking he ... well...unique... he developed his own symbols and his languages are derived from... uh *dig deep into his memory* guess it would be...
... are ... Welsh and Finnish, actually. ^_^ He was a professor of Anglo Saxon and English at either Oxford or Cambridge (can't remember which) and really...
A few people (not all, and I thank you) seem to have misinterpreted some of my remarks, so a clarification: my objection is to ~gratuitous~ sex, not sex at...
You bring up several interesting points, and I agree with them. One comment, though. In the first section I mentioned problems they seem to weather. By that...
While on this topic: ConBust has just put up their panels, and one just happens to be about sex in stories, and when, where, and how it is appropriate. Is our...
I'm not on the staff, sad to say. I was just checking to see if they'd added any new info. Speaking of the con, I need to finish our costumes. ^_^ I love...
In preparing to begin the new Nightrunner book, I've been digging back through old files and notebooks. In the process, I unearthed a very old table of clans...
Hang on! You're a Smithie? ... Erin __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection...
I don't make a lot of Requests on these threads but this one is really important. I have two friends, Natasha & Nathaniel, they have the chance to win their...
I tried learning Welsh. Hard! Even though it's an indo-european langage (like German, French, Greek, etc) yrch Which is an actual Welsh word. ... are ... ...
It's addie Again.... the one responsible for this strand *Happy giggle* Welsh is my Area of Study, Medieval Welsh Literature to be exact. The language is...
... From: "Hitome Shiakuu" <shiakuu_hitome@...> ... I thought they were -failed-, not "failing," as in "never really worked properly to start with, and...
Nope. I spent 1 semester at BU before my son made his appearance. ^_^ We found ConBust when browsing for cosplay pics to help with my Halloween costume, and...
... seem to weather. By that I didn't mean outside influences, I meant things like in TM, when Alec refuses to talk to Seregil about the Haman calling him...
... *grins and starts up straight to cloud no. 7* ... found the missing sen'gai ... *g* When I read NR for the second time, I made a table of the involved ...
I've always been curious about Welsh. Doug's got roots ancestoral roots there--given our mangled last name-- but we've never visited. Could you give a few...
... users and ... Sorry, I expressed myself wrong here. English isn't my native tongue, so please excuse the mistake. :-) It's far easier to read and ...
... Hey, I confused myself with that one! LOL! What seemed like an interesting bit of background color in Luck blossomed into a full blown nightmare in...
I spent a month in the British Isles as part of a student ambassador group, and we got to attend a seminar on the Welsh language. I don't remember a lick of it...
there are a few tricks w makes a double o sound as in "root" y makes usually an i sound as in "is" ll (double l) is illusive... it makes a thl sound... sorta...
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