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Well, I'm having a very good long belly laugh at all this! It's a jolly good giggle at my great expense, of course, but don't worry, I have a splendid sense of humour! Thanks for the laugh! I won't take it too seriously, of course! Great fun! Thanks!
Oh of course I will. Absolutely. Deadly serious, don't you agree? I stand entirely reproached and chastised. Now I shall go listen to Georgie Fame 'Sitting in the Park...'. Nostalgia time. Happy hour...
Lydia, you did mention, in one of your posts, that you had a lovely day feeding ducks at a canal bank, and then another saying about missing the crowds at Camberwell ???
Yeah, I recall that. Moved on since then. Just been recollecting a band from the past. Siouxsie andThe Banshees. Loved that band in the late 70s. Really fascinated me. That look and those songs, lyrics. 'Peek a Boo' looks intriguing. The video. Think it won an award for the best one of that year? That look of Sisouxsie's really fires up my imagination. She seems to have the balance in her personality that really impresses me.
Just as an adjunct to this. Am writing a post for my tumblr blog. There is a sentence which I am not certain of the grammar. It goes 'a better character with more appeal to popularity than the overemphasis of either masculinity nor femininity..'. Can anyone advise me on that sentence? Is it constructed properly...? Worried about the 'nor' in that sentence. Should be it 'or?'.
In my mind, I'll moved on, trying to. The restrictions of my disability impedes me. But, as Joyce Grenfell sang in one of her sketches, the idea of books etc, and now the internet, with forums and social media etc, their is a world of opportunity to use to full advantage.
Someone, on another forum, mentioned a deaf actress who was a success in Hollywood, and had won an award. Just shows that, if you have the tenacity, the world is there to explore with others...
Well, I'm glad we all agree on that one. Talent, tenacious appetite and, obviously, turning up on the night. To estab!ish yourself is indeed an achievement. So full marks to Marlee Matlin. Anything's possible if you put your heart and soul into it...
Yep. Talent is THE key word here. You're spot on with that remark. I'll just have to spark up a flame of exuberant joy to flash some words across the screen. Modified down to plain language to suit the formulaic requirements of writing techniques. Get ready for this. All systems go...!
Plain language is not formulaic. It is a medium of communication. Plain, sparse prose can be as beautiful, poignant, exciting and imaginative as any flashy words you care to 'modify'.
I'll just have to spark up a flame of exuberant joy to flash some words across the screen. Modified down to plain language to suit the formulaic requirements of writing techniques.
What on earth are you talking about? Have you ever considered writing spam emails for a living??
I'll just have to spark up a flame of exuberant joy to flash some words across the screen. Modified down to plain language to suit the formulaic requirements of writing techniques.
What on earth are you talking about? Have you ever considered writing spam emails for a living??
I tend to wonder whether it is Lydia's natural speech pattern or a contrived dialogue tempting us to wonder whether she has risen from the 'working class' environment. There is no need to impress any of us with 'gobbledegook'; we are adept at using many forms of communication, but settle on adapting to our environment, and in this environment plain, simple, language is the norm.
Before my reply is used as "proof" Lydia needs to dumb down her language, I understood the words completely. I was WTFing the constant nonsense spewed forth from Lydia’s keyboard.
PET' has the right focus here. I can either adapt my writing to the environment or, just like the dinosaurs, and all the thousands of species becoming extinct in our wondrous planet, today, I will become as defunct as them if I do not take hold of the reigns and forge ahead, with that baton, over the winner's line. And, yes, indeed, my prose is a more pared down, plainer text to reflect readers' tastes. Over and out...
Well, there you have. I'm in the wrong profession. But as the Sex Pistols pointed out on their album, 'Never mind the bollocks...'. And Johhny Lydon was quoted as saying, 'write things that have meaning for real people. His music does, if someone else's doesn't, then 'f---k them'. Good advise Johhny.
But, as Joyce Grenfell sang in one of her sketches, the idea of books etc, and now the internet, with forums and social media etc, their is a world of opportunity to use to full advantage.
I must have missed the song in which Grenfell referenced the internet.
Bookmarked some pages off the net regarding how to use each of my social media sites effectively for business. Will take some time to evaluate the advice on there, mostly by men who seem to have expert knowledge on this subject.
Much less time consuming than reading through all the books I have downloaded onto my kindle on these subjects. Must use my time more effectively. You have all been right about me behaving amateurishly so time to step up to the mark and show what mettle I possess. Been putting too much pressure on myself, but truly, quality is preferable to quantity...
Another idea. Related to being not able to get out to take photos and having to pay for ones on flickr etc.
It seems a good idea to hire someone cheaply to take some photos, specific ones, so that I can use these, over a certain period, by uploading them onto my social media sites. Does that idea have legs? Would it be legal to do so if I gain permission from the photographer to allow me to use the photos four this purpose?
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I am looking forward to the onions. I shall work on a quip.
:-*
Just as an adjunct to this. Am writing a post for my tumblr blog. There is a sentence which I am not certain of the grammar. It goes 'a better character with more appeal to popularity than the overemphasis of either masculinity nor femininity..'. Can anyone advise me on that sentence? Is it constructed properly...? Worried about the 'nor' in that sentence. Should be it 'or?'.
Neither/nor
So, 'or'.
In my mind, I'll moved on, trying to. The restrictions of my disability impedes me. But, as Joyce Grenfell sang in one of her sketches, the idea of books etc, and now the internet, with forums and social media etc, their is a world of opportunity to use to full advantage.
Someone, on another forum, mentioned a deaf actress who was a success in Hollywood, and had won an award. Just shows that, if you have the tenacity, the world is there to explore with others...
No matter how hard you work and how much of your soul goes into it, without talent it's pointless.
There is no need to impress any of us with 'gobbledegook'; we are adept at using many forms of communication, but settle on adapting to our environment, and in this environment plain, simple, language is the norm.
Much less time consuming than reading through all the books I have downloaded onto my kindle on these subjects. Must use my time more effectively. You have all been right about me behaving amateurishly so time to step up to the mark and show what mettle I possess. Been putting too much pressure on myself, but truly, quality is preferable to quantity...
It seems a good idea to hire someone cheaply to take some photos, specific ones, so that I can use these, over a certain period, by uploading them onto my social media sites. Does that idea have legs? Would it be legal to do so if I gain permission from the photographer to allow me to use the photos four this purpose?