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

How long do I have I would have had it done earlier but I had a bunch of fammily stuff come up unexpectedly(GreenLadyHawk/Aunt C if you are reading this I want you to know that 3 days isn't enough notice about a familly reunion)

do british people use the word yah

Beowulf, the deadline was last night. When can you have ot finished?
If it could be with us by tomorrow morning/late morning I could still do the editing. Sorry I can't give you more time than that, but I'm all alone this week cause lil is in hospital.

Don't know about the 'yah', but you don't worry, I will find out (and anyway, if Americans use it, it should be fine). Don't forget, I will edit the story anyway and look for typos etc, so don't worry about single words.

Does _anyone_ use the word 'yah'?

B

Some people must use it, it's in here:

http://www.askoxford.com/concise_oed/yah_1?view=uk

http://www.askoxford.com/concise_oed/yah_2?view=uk

how exactly do I submit the final draft

We do but it depends on the context.

A stereotypical upper class Brit says 'yah' rather than 'yes'. Someone satirising an upper class person will use it for that reason. A British person doing an impression of a German/Austrian/Swiss will say 'yah' (for 'jah'). We'd say it in the sense of 'yah boo sucks' and in a the karate sense of 'hi-yah' (though I think the last two would be 'ya').

Don't think I'm helping here and there are probably other ways Brits use it. Sorry.

Van

never mind I not say mark twain writting huck Finn I don't have to use perfect regional accents

The only thing that matters is that people understand what you mean and bel will edit so it sounds like it'll be fine.

Well I wrote something but I am worried about the qualityt. I used to write allot but am very much out of prattice with fiction stories, haven't written in this sort of chain story at all and do to unexepected fammily stuff spent a lot less time on it than I would have liked.

by the way how do I submit it

Send it to postteam[at]gmail[dot]com.

I just realized a major flaw in my work but my realavtive who has been unexpectly(by me at least) telecomuting this week is coming for the computer and I don't think I will get is back soon so I sent it in anyways

beawulf, I got your story and edited it. I think I know what you meant with 'major flaw', so I altered that bit.

thanks I meant to spend alot more time writing it but had two unplaned days of visiting realives in IL(though I did at least get one to sign up on h2g2)and when I was at home I got much less h2g2 acsses because a relative that ussually works at an office got to tellecomute last week.

That's OK, I'm just glad you did write it, I was afraid I'd have to do some last-minute writing myself.

I was afriad you would to. If I had know that the fammily reunion was this week and that I would have so little computer access this week I would have asked for a differnt segment

It's done now, so don't fret.

good point were do I look for the published version

Hey guys, sorry I have been around throughout all of this week, otherwise I could have picked the ball up myself in case of an emergency. Have we got an author for the next episode?
Doin't worry Beo, I'm sure your contribution will be just as good as all the others so far, I'm looking forward to it.