I like this, Amy, tracking passage of time by freedom. It's fun.
(I did notice a typo in the third to the last paragraph...it's typed 'not' and I think you meant 'now.' I hesitated before pointing it out; but I thought if someone else caught a typo of mine, they would draw it to my attention so I could fix it. :)
Let me tell you the one that really ‘got’ me. It was at the end of one of my chapters and the sentence was along the lines of ‘her father wants to see my hung.’ (this is 1869 Prussia and we can infer the speaker put the young damsel in the family way lol) This is too funny! Anyway, one of my subscribers asked me to look up “hung” which I did and noticed the correct usage is ‘hung’ or ‘hanged’
However, in 1869 only ‘hanged’ was correct. “hung’ referred to a man’s gentalia or a bull’s genitalia. OMG! I quickly changed it and my sub suggested I get a ‘slang’ dictionary to check certain terms. Now when you reread it…’her father wanted to see me hung,’ that’s a whole new meaning lol. Gee.
This is fun, Amy. Tracking age by freedom. I like it.
I like this, Amy, tracking passage of time by freedom. It's fun.
(I did notice a typo in the third to the last paragraph...it's typed 'not' and I think you meant 'now.' I hesitated before pointing it out; but I thought if someone else caught a typo of mine, they would draw it to my attention so I could fix it. :)
Please tell me! I’m horrible about proofing my own stuff. I miss a lot. Thanks!
Let me tell you the one that really ‘got’ me. It was at the end of one of my chapters and the sentence was along the lines of ‘her father wants to see my hung.’ (this is 1869 Prussia and we can infer the speaker put the young damsel in the family way lol) This is too funny! Anyway, one of my subscribers asked me to look up “hung” which I did and noticed the correct usage is ‘hung’ or ‘hanged’
However, in 1869 only ‘hanged’ was correct. “hung’ referred to a man’s gentalia or a bull’s genitalia. OMG! I quickly changed it and my sub suggested I get a ‘slang’ dictionary to check certain terms. Now when you reread it…’her father wanted to see me hung,’ that’s a whole new meaning lol. Gee.
Bwhahaha!