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@jenwriter17 Word on macOS is pretty weird compared to a PC. *commences to geek out about tech* I was confused when I started using Windows computers at school; I’ve always used a Mac and the Windows software is a lot different than macOS.
Oh, and I’ve had conversations like the one you had with you and your brother a lot with my friends who don’t like Apple. They mainly consist of:
Me: *walks onto school looking at iPhone*
Friend: *looks up from Pixelphone* “Still like Apple?”
Me: “Yep.”
Friend: “Why? They’re so bad compared to Google or other Androids.” *proceeds to list out several techy reasons why Android phones are superior to iPhones*
Me: *looks back at iPhone* Nope. I’m not leaving the ecosystem.
XD
Anyone else like that?
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ENFJ-T ... I think (haven't taken the quiz in awhile)@warrenluther04 Well, I don’t have a phone, so I haven’t had a conversation quite like that, but yeah I’ve had Apple vs. every other device discussions with my tech brother. 😀
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www.jennaterese.com@jenwriter Yeah, the phone is a pretty recent addition so I’m kinda-sorta obsessed with it. (Not to the detriment of my writing or anything obviously 😉 )
“Apple vs. [any-other-tech]” discussions can get…interesting. XD XP 😛
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ENFJ-T ... I think (haven't taken the quiz in awhile)@warrenluther04 Yes yes yes! I have those conversations all. the. time. And really, apple? I will stick with Androids till the end of days.
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I need some help getting a female name for one of my novels. Its a WWI novel so she was born in the late 1890s. I’m looking for a name that’s not, like, Mary or Jane or Philomena. Do you have any ideas? I want it to be sort of unique but not out of place for the historical period.
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@seekjustice Cool! 🙂
I have a couple of comments/questions:
Your book is set in Australia, right? What social class is your character in?
In most of the books I’ve read that were written in that time period, the more “unique/fancy” names like Lilian, Ethel, and Evelyn were often made fun of by the people who preferred more “sensible” names like Betty, or Dorothy. So I’m kind of wondering what type of parents your character had, whether they would have named her a “fancy” name, and also whether it’d be okay if I just suggested some names that were extremely popular back then, but not necessarily as popular now?
On a side note, I have now completely lost track of how many different books/stories you are working on. 😛
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She would probably be upper middle class. Comfortable and a little uppity, so her parents would probably be the sort of people who would give their daughter a name slightly above their class to sound more posh than they really are.
Suggest whatever you like 🙂 I’m all out of ideas!
Only two, at least while I’m waiting for the rest of my betas feedback for SFI.
And I’m only actively planning the one I’m writing next month. I’m just coming up with character names for this one. 😛
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@seekjustice Okay, here’s a list:
- Mona
- Lillian/Lilian
- Nan (this is a nickname for Anne)
- Elsie/Elise
- Marie (This pronunciation was made fun of so much that there’s even a song about it. 😛 “Mary’s a Grand Old Name” by George M. Cohan. It was an extremely popular name, but – at least in America – because it was the French pronunciation, it was looked down upon by “sensible” folks.)
- Cora
- Luella
- Marjory (Not a “high-falutin'” name, but it’s not as common in modern times as a couple of the others are.)
…And I got to this point and realized that name preferences and culture in different countries are drastically different! So I’m wondering whether these names even apply well. (I’ve only read a few books written in England during the time, and none from Australia except the Billabong books.) What do you think?
These aren’t very many suggestions, so I can give you more if you want later, but I’ve got to go now.
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I quite like Lilian, Cora and Elise, so I’ll think over those three for a bit and decide between them.
As for cultural differences, I’m not really sure about America during that time period, but Australia has traditionally kept to the trends of England and Ireland. Irish names were very popular but I doubt there would have been many Irish or Irish influences among the middle/upper class, since the large Irish population came about during the Potato Famine.
So sticking with English Victorian names is pretty safe. I’ll see if I can find any Australian lists from the 1890s or so.
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@seekjustice Cora sounds Irish to me. Is it?
Let me know if you do find any Australian lists, won’t you? I couldn’t find any, and I’d be interested in seeing what differences there were. I guess you’d have access to some different sites in Australia?
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I believe its Greek 🙂
I can’t find any specifically Australian sites either, at least for back then. I can only find Social Security which seems to be global (or British empire anyway). I will let you know if I find any. (Though looking through old newspapers in the birth/deaths/marriages sections might give a good idea.
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I found Victoria’s births deaths and marriages site which has a really good list of popular names, it only goes back to 1929, but its quite interesting to look at. Of course, its only for one state, but I imagine the rest of Australia was pretty similar.
Here’s the link
https://online.justice.vic.gov.au/bdm/popularnames.doj#breadcrumbs
Hopefully that works.
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@seekjustice I see. 🙂
I’ve found a few Australian authors from the time period. Some of their books are on Gutenberg, so you could look them up if you’re interested. I have no idea whether they’re good or not, but I strongly hold that the absolute best way to research for a historical time period is to read stuff actually written in the time period, rather than about the period. Oh, that reminds me…did you see the post on Story Embers about researching historical periods? I got so annoyed because not once in the post or in the comments did I see anyone suggest reading books actually written in the time periods they’re researching! Especially one of the comments, which was complaining that there wasn’t much material on what the Old West was like. I just wanted to scream at her, “Read Zane Grey, William MacLeod Raine, or B.M.Bower!! They actually lived among the cowboys, and wrote what they knew!! Seriously, what better material can you have than that??”
…uh, sorry. 😛 Had to get that rant out. Anyway, here are the authors:
Ethel Turner,
Henry Handel Richardson,
Katharine Prichard
Arthur W. Upfield(Oh, and to be clear, the rest of that post on SE had pretty good tips on researching. It was just the fact that they left out what I’ve felt to be the most helpful in my own research that disappointed me. 😉 )
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@seekjustice Oh, that’s so cool!
It is very similar to the American lists, but not identical by any means. 😉
I’ve got to disappear for a bit, but I’ll be back in perhaps 45 min or an hour, if you’re still here.
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