h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

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Hiya Raindawn! Just letting you know, I'm subbing this entry - that's a link to the version I'm working on. If there's anything you think of that you want to add/change, just let me know!

J

Hi there Justin ,

Come to think of it, I did have one minor change I wanted to make. I mentioned flamenco dancing in two spots, but the one that has the link to the flamenco entry is the second one. I wanted to change that to the first one. (I wasn't sure whether to capitalize it or not either.) I'm such a perfectionist.

Thanks

Cheers!
Raindawn

Sorted. Could you write a line or two about 'tatting lace'? It's a phrase I've not heard before, and had to look up...

J

Hiya Justin,

I was thinking maybe the explanation of tatting could be put in as a footnote or something so as not to break the flow of the text. Maybe after the phrase "tatting lace", a footnote could be put in to say "A process of creating lace by repeatedly looping and knotting (by hand) a strand of linen in various ways on a small tool called a shuttle."

It took a while to find a good site, but I did manage to find this link which shows some nice examples of what tatting looks like, if you think that might be helpful or interesting to include: http://www.irisembroidery.homestead.com/photoalbum.html

Oh, and I like what you've done to the entry so far.

Cheers!
--Raindawn

Thanks!

It would be nice to have a link, but I'm not sure if that one (or the two at the end of the article, for that matter) will be accepted - they're both on free web providers (as far as I can tell), so may be liable to change without warning. I can put on in, but it may end up being taken out later on... What are your thoughts on this?

J

Aww, I kind of wondered about that. I would offer to find alternate sites to link to, but there just aren't too many good sites out there pertaining to gypsies and tatting lace. These were the best I could find, and I wouldn't want to include something that wasn't as helpful. I suppose it wouldn't hurt to just leave these in and leave it to the PTB to keep them in or cut them... If they reject the links, I guess the entry can go without them.
Thanks for your continued help

Cheers!
--Raindawn

Also, as I was reading it over, I noticed some grammatical/mechanical errors I had neglected to fix before the entry got submitted. Since I'm bored at the moment, I figured I'd make your job a bit easier and submit them to you :

* There should be a comma after Rom in the first paragraph under history.
* In the same paragraph, 'to closely identify' should be 'to identify closely'.
* At the end of the same paragraph, old Spanish should be Old Spanish.
* In the second to the last paragraph in the history section, the word 'are' is repeated. (are are hardworking people.)
* In the last history paragraph, I used 'practices' and 'practicing'. I wasn't sure if it should be in the British form with an 's' for h2g2 or if the American spelling was okay.
* In the first paragraph under Rules of Etiquette, 'supersticious' should be 'superstitious'.
* In the last etiquette paragraph, 'sell' should be 'sells'.

Cheers!
--Raindawn

Thanks!

Those have all been changed - except for the last one, plain and simple because I think it's right as it is...

General note - if there are alternative British/American spellings, it should always be the British spelling in the Edited Guide

I've put the other link in, as I think it *does* add something. We'll just have to wait and see as to whether it gets taken out.

When I've a little more time, I'll give it a proper grammar/spelling check.

Cheers,

J

Hiya Justin,

I'm glad you decided to include the link Hopefully it'll make the final editor's cut. The examples on the site really look a lot like the tablecloths the gypsy women in Segovia sell.

The reason I was thinking 'sell' should be 'sells' in that sentece was because the actual subject of the sentence is 'group', which is a singular noun, but now when I look back on it, it does sound strange to say it that way since there's a plural noun in between. Maybe we could change it to say 'several gypsy women regularly sell...'. Then it'll be grammatical without sounding odd

Cheers
--Raindawn

And taking out the word 'group' altogether, I mean

It's exactly the sort of thing M$ Word ()would have a fit over...

indeed

I was wondering about one other thing. In one of my recent conversations, we were discussing how to count to 10 in various languages, and one person kept getting moderated because of the other languages he used in his posts. (Even though a bunch of us used other languages in our posts, and none of us were moderated. I thought it was kind of funny )

Anyway, I wonder if, just to be on the safe side, we ought to put a footnote on the gypsy curse ('Eh, la ruina de tu vida!') to translate it. In Spanish it means 'May your life be ruined'"

Also, my other gypsy quote is in English but put a parenthetical reference after it to show she'd actually said it in Spanish. If we did the footnote on the curse line, maybe we should make the quotes uniform by putting both in Spanish in the text with the translations in footnotes. In Spanish "Would you like your fortune read?" would be '¿Quieres que yo te leo tu fortuna?'

What do you think?

Cheers
Raindawn

I think it works better with the Spanish in the text, and translations below...

J

Hiya Justin,

I like it that way, too. Nice work, dear editor All the changes look good to me Let me know if there are anymore adjustments to be made. I think we've covered all of the changes I could think of.

Cheers
--Raindawn

I aim to please... I'll prolly give it another proper read through tomorrow, and leave the weekend to think of anything else. If I can't think of anything, it should be back with the Italics by Monday!

J

WooHoo!

My very first entry to be submitted!

Cheers
--Raindawn

And it's back with the Editors now Should be up on the front page in a few weeks!