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'twirped' ?
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...when he famously "burped" his resignation on social media...
belched?
Or a bird sound totally unlike tweeting or chirping. I'll look some up tomorrow. Like squawked, but funnier.
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Quack wins. I could see a Twitter competitor that uses quacking as it's version of tweet.
Cock-a-doodle-doo is crazier, but it's too over-the-top, even for me.
580 2017-01-01 02:00:12 (edited by Norm d'Plume 2017-01-01 02:52:51)
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K, can you suggest a relatively reliable source to translate Glorious Death to Romaji?
Thanks
Dirk
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I'm looking for a Japanese equivalent to the shogun's martial arts training, originally called Glorious Death. Banzai is silly enough in this context that it's perfect.
Thanks
583 2017-01-02 06:21:23 (edited by Norm d'Plume 2017-01-02 06:35:08)
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I'll be damned. I finished another chapter. I combined two of the shogun's run-ins with Apollo to free up some chapter space. I need room for one additional chapter per MC in this act. I deleted the stuff about Apollo being trained by God (headsmacking exercises, etc.).
K, you now have two full-length back-to-back chapters about the MCs. Thanks for your help with the names.
Up next is a Galactipedia article about New Bethlehem, since I ripped that material out of chapter four, followed by Joseph's next full chapter. Then an article about the Julii, followed by Apollo's next full chapter. After that, the articles will fall off for a while.
I'm using the epigraphs for forum duels between Joseph and Apollo to build friction before they ever meet.
Quick go read! Amy, I still owe you a read. K, bzzt!
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Gotcha. Will block off some time for the Juli!
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Seabrass didn't recognize the name Shiburasu as his in spite of a number of hints in the chaper notes and chapter. K, brace yourself. I changed it to Shibrassu, figuring the Japanese language rules will relax over time. I'll probably change it again later to something less egregious.
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The Haanese never relax. It's a Buddhist thing.
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The first use is a title -> caps -> no problem
The 2nd use...
Apollo is the 45th Imperial heir?
Apollo is the 45th imperial heir?
I would argue that Imperial is unique just as President is unique. The story must convince me that htere are other heirs who also take the imperial descriptor. I'd suggest "Imperial" is more of a league name than a description of royalty. If the latter, imperial makes sense.
589 2017-01-04 20:43:29 (edited by Norm d'Plume 2017-01-05 00:06:36)
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What's a league name? Wikipedia is one of the sources I used to decide between Imperial and imperial, although I've since seen some inconsistencies in their articles. If I use Imperial, that suggests to me that Imperator (like Emperor in Star Wars) should also be caps. If I use Imperator, then I probably should use Imperatrix and Imperial Heir. That leads to Royal Regent and Crown Prince, which leads to Princess. The regent rules an entire planet, but so do governors, but I've never seen governor capitalized. Etc. Let me know if I'm misunderstanding you. I prefer using caps for many of these, but it breaks down as you follow the chain of logic, above. President in caps is unique to the US. At least one of the style guides I referenced says not to capitalize it.
I adopted my own style, which is to lowercase informal use of titles and caps formal ones. So you get "Apollo is the imperial heir," but "Apollo is Heres Imperialis of the Imperium Romanum."
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Upon further reading, it's possible Wikipedia uses imperial because they also write about other empires. Star Wars wiki uses Imperial. I also found an article that explains it the way you intend, K.
So how do you recommend handling imperator, imperatrix, imperial heir, regent, crown prince, princess, and governor?
Where the hell are my pills?
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OCD and capitalization. Let it go...let it go...don't hold it back any more...let it go...
592 2017-01-05 03:15:16 (edited by Norm d'Plume 2017-01-05 03:16:51)
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You're not helping. Get in here and tell me what to do. (This is what you get for peaking in.) :-)
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Starts singing the theme for Frozen...let it go...let it go...
You've just given me incredible ammo to make you OCD all over the place...(evil grin)
I've kind of disinvested myself of the caps vs no caps business. That is what the line editor is for when I find a literary agent and get a publisher.
594 2017-01-05 21:02:11 (edited by E. Free 2017-01-05 21:03:18)
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amy s wrote:
I've kind of disinvested myself of the caps vs no caps business. That is what the line editor is for when I find a literary agent and get a publisher.
Amy, teach me your ways. I can't manage to "disinvest" myself in any of the editing business. I keep reading things over again so I know where I'm at, then I end up editing a ton and actually writing only 50-100 words.
I have no input on capitalization, unfortunately. At this point, it's going over my head. 
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It seems to be over my head too, because I can't seem to find a capitalization strategy that works across all of the cases that pop up.
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Screw it. I capitalized almost every title (Imperator, Imperatrix, Regent, Prince, Princess, Shogun, etc.), making them all high titles. Imperial is also capitalized once again. Imperial Family and Royal Family are also caps, since there are only one of each and they expect to be recognized as royalty. Shogun is an outlier, but he's demented and wants the respect. Imperial palace and royal palace are lowercase because there are many. I got most of this by trolling through Wikipedia, so if it's wrong, take it up with them.
Anyone have a suggestion about what to do about governor? It's the only title I've never seen capitalized when used without a name, but governors are just as powerful as the Royal Regent, perhaps moreso. It's my only exceptional case, and you all know how much I love those.
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Governor not unique enough to get caps
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Are you saying not to capitalize because there's more than one of them? If my story had multiple crown princes, they'd still be capitalized, as long as they're not in the same room at the same time. My story only has two governors, who rarely appear together. I don't think I'm understanding you.
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Segment your time. Set a timer. Break it into pieces, so that you don't obsess with the little things. So if it is time to write, you can only create new material, and you aren't allowed to go back to your new material and re-read.
So I give myself time to write, time to revise, and time to go back and integrate reviews. When I'm on deadline (whatever goal I've set for myself), I begin by revising the previous material, and then I have to write until my plot runs a course.
Does this help?
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amy s wrote:I've kind of disinvested myself of the caps vs no caps business. That is what the line editor is for when I find a literary agent and get a publisher.
Amy, teach me your ways. I can't manage to "disinvest" myself in any of the editing business. I keep reading things over again so I know where I'm at, then I end up editing a ton and actually writing only 50-100 words.
I have no input on capitalization, unfortunately. At this point, it's going over my head.
