[stylist] DBG (chapter 4)

Tue Sep 8 02:08:18 UTC 2009

A cyclops was a creature from Greek mythology who only had one eye in the 
middle of his forehead.
Barbara

If wisdom's ways you wisely seek, five things observe with care:  of whom 
you speak, to whom you speak, and how and when and where.

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From: "helene ryles" <dreamavdb at googlemail.com>
Sent: Monday, September 07, 2009 4:08 PM
To: "Writer's Division Mailing List" <stylist at nfbnet.org>
Subject: Re: [stylist] DBG (chapter 4)

> Hi Barbara,
> What's cyclops mean. I'll use eyes then.
>
> Helene
>
> On 07/09/2009, helene ryles <dreamavdb at googlemail.com> wrote:
>> Hi Laura,
>> yes Fiona (the 3ft 7 lady) does make an apearance but you have to wait
>> several chapters before she comes into it again, since the first
>> chapter happened 8 years after the second one, so that time has to
>> elapse before we get to meet Fiona again.
>>
>> Your spot on about oralism. I feel my education has suffered due to
>> the lack of more visual clues but since I was just HOH nobody
>> considered signing as neccessary. It's the same when blind kids have
>> some useful sight. Braille goes out of the window and they are
>> expected to use large print and not encouraged to use a cane.
>> I used a cane when I still had low vision and found it very useful.
>> Another strange thing is that while low vision people are discouraged
>> from using canes, people seem ok about them using a guide dog. I never
>> quite understood that.
>> If you need a guide dog your vision is automatically bad enough to use a
>> cane.
>>
>> Helene
>>
>> On 07/09/2009, Barbara Hammel <poetlori8 at msn.com> wrote:
>>> You'd probably still use eyes unless she's a cyclops.
>>> Even if one doesn't work, it's still there.
>>> Barbara
>>>
>>> If wisdom's ways you wisely seek, five things observe with care:  of 
>>> whom
>>> you speak, to whom you speak, and how and when and where.
>>>
>>> --------------------------------------------------
>>> From: "helene ryles" <dreamavdb at googlemail.com>
>>> Sent: Monday, September 07, 2009 3:41 PM
>>> To: "Writer's Division Mailing List" <stylist at nfbnet.org>
>>> Subject: Re: [stylist] DBG (chapter 4)
>>>
>>>> Hi Laura,
>>>> By a period, do you mean full stop?
>>>> I don't think lack of punctuation is a british thing, just that it
>>>> isn't really my strong point and neither is spelling but my spell
>>>> check picks out most of the misspelt words unless they have
>>>> alternative meanings. Which is probably why it didn't pick out
>>>> 'lounge' as that's also a word.
>>>>
>>>> Yes, Nazdonia is mostly desert lanscape.
>>>>
>>>> Liza has one working eye. The other had a detached retina so she is
>>>> completely blind in that eye. Would I use eyes or eye in this case?
>>>>
>>>> Ok, I'll use rescue then.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks for going over it for me.
>>>>
>>>> Helene
>>>>
>>>> On 07/09/2009, LoriStay at aol.com <LoriStay at aol.com> wrote:
>>>>> If you say four a.m. (periods after each letter here), you don't need
>>>>> to
>>>>> mention it's morning, since a.m. means morning.   In this case, I'd
>>>>> leave
>>>>> the
>>>>> a.m. out and let the rest of the sentence define it.
>>>>>
>>>>> As the train arrived Stormy tried to make a lounge
>>>>> You probably mean a lunge   (l u n g e, rather than l o u n g e)
>>>>>
>>>>>  So I had to kidnap you
>>>>> instead...
>>>>> I'd probably say rescue rather than kidnap.   Kidnap has rather a bad
>>>>> connotation.   We've had a lot of children kidnapped in the states
>>>>> recently,
>>>>> and
>>>>> then found again.   Their kidnappers had sexually molested them.
>>>>> Yes,
>>>>> rescue is definitely the word I'd use.
>>>>>
>>>>> question:   is this a desert environment?   That's the only place I'd
>>>>> expect to see trains and camels (as I have in the mid-east)
>>>>>  This was
>>>>> something I wasn't use to.
>>>>> the word should be used (u s e d) rather than use (u s e)
>>>>>
>>>>>  She would smile
>>>>> brightly for me but the smile hardly ever reached her eye.
>>>>> Do you mean eyes?   Or no, I guess she only has one, but the 
>>>>> expression
>>>>> around the eyes has to do with facial muscles.   In fact, expressions
>>>>> are
>>>>> more
>>>>> easily seen around the mouth.
>>>>>
>>>>> Today she seemed more anxious then usual. Something was definitely
>>>>> bothering her.
>>>>> The word is than (t h a n)
>>>>>
>>>>> I note you consistently leave out the punctuation at the end of the
>>>>> quotes.
>>>>>   I've read a lot of books written in Brittain, and that isn't
>>>>> something
>>>>> done.   I know I said I wouldn't mention it again, but I'm just
>>>>> wondering
>>>>> why
>>>>> you do it that way.
>>>>> Lori
>>>>>
>>>>> In a message dated 9/7/09 3:43:29 PM, dreamavdb at googlemail.com writes:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> Liza got me out
>>>>>> of bed at about four am every morning
>>>>>>
>>>>>
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