"JaneConsumer" wrote: I'm surprised there was no entry for finding yourself saying, "Oh, aye!" That would out me as a Gabaldon fan.
When I was in "Outlander land" I found myself saying Sottishisms all the time!!Welcome to the Historical Fiction Online forums: a friendly place to discuss, review and discover historical fiction.
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The Top 10 Signs You Are Reading Too Much Historical Romance!
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LCW
- Compulsive Reader
- Location: Southern California
When I was in "Outlander land" I found myself saying Sottishisms all the time!!Books to the ceiling,
Books to the sky,
My pile of books is a mile high.
How I love them! How I need them!
I'll have a long beard by the time I read them. --Arnold Lobel
Books to the sky,
My pile of books is a mile high.
How I love them! How I need them!
I'll have a long beard by the time I read them. --Arnold Lobel
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Margaret
- Bibliomaniac
- Interest in HF: I can't answer this in 100 characters. Sorry.
- Favorite HF book: Checkmate, the final novel in the Lymond series
- Preferred HF: Literary novels. Late medieval and Renaissance.
- Location: Catskill, New York, USA
- Contact:
LOL! Loved your list, Jessica. I'm not a big romance reader, but I definitely identify with the bit about one's conversational language reflecting one's reading.
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JaneConsumer
- Reader
- Location: U.S.
- Contact:
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EC2
- Bibliomaniac
- Location: Nottingham UK
- Contact:
I used to say 'och aye' anyway because I grew up in Scotland. As I recall, the local pronounciation (Glasgow) was phonetically ock-eye for the majority, although some people softened the 'ch' sound to the sort of noise you make by closing your soft palate down on the back of your tongue.
Les proz e les vassals
Souvent entre piez de chevals
Kar ja li coard nI chasront
'The Brave and the valiant
Are always to be found between the hooves of horses
For never will cowards fall down there.'
Histoire de Guillaume le Mareschal
www.elizabethchadwick.com
Souvent entre piez de chevals
Kar ja li coard nI chasront
'The Brave and the valiant
Are always to be found between the hooves of horses
For never will cowards fall down there.'
Histoire de Guillaume le Mareschal
www.elizabethchadwick.com
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Melisende
- Reader
- Location: Australia
I managed a mere 2 out of 10 - does this mean I have to read more .... 
"For my part, I adhere to the maxim of antiquity: The throne is a glorious sepulchre."
Women of History
Women of History
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Evangeline H
- Scribbler
*G* I got about seven right. But it's the history buff in me, not historical romance.
Edwardian Promenade - la belle epoque in our modern world!
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diamondlil
- Bibliomaniac
Welcome to the site Evangeline!
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There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it.
Edith Wharton
All things Historical Fiction - Historical Tapestry
There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it.
Edith Wharton
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Vanessa
- Bibliomaniac
- Currently reading: The Silent Companions by Laura Purcell & And So It Begins by Rachel Abbott (Pigeonhole)
- Interest in HF: The first historical novel I read was Katherine by Anya Seton and this sparked off my interest in this genre.
- Favorite HF book: Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell!
- Preferred HF: Any
- Location: North Yorkshire, UK
Welcome, Evangeline.
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Books are mirrors, you only see in them what you already have inside you ~ The Shadow of the Wind
Books are mirrors, you only see in them what you already have inside you ~ The Shadow of the Wind