SOLO White Cockades, by Edward Prime-Stevenson -philc
Hee. And for your amusement, here are the bits of dubious history/geography in just the first chapter...
- Neith, no such place as far as I can tell (but I guess inventing places is okay!)
- The Earl of Arkaig, no such person (this is more baffling, why not just use Lochiel who lived at Loch Arkaig? He is mentioned in a future chapter...)
- George II was German, not Dutch.
- Why would Andrew have a Lowland accent when he lives in the Highlands?
- The book implies that Highlanders were Jacobites and Lowlanders were not.
- But most strange is the whole setup where Andrew's grandfather was an Englishman who bought a large estate near Loch Arkaig! Would never have happened, that was Clan Cameron land...why does the book go to such lengths to make Andrew an Englishman?
And thanks! : )
- Neith, no such place as far as I can tell (but I guess inventing places is okay!)
- The Earl of Arkaig, no such person (this is more baffling, why not just use Lochiel who lived at Loch Arkaig? He is mentioned in a future chapter...)
- George II was German, not Dutch.
- Why would Andrew have a Lowland accent when he lives in the Highlands?
- The book implies that Highlanders were Jacobites and Lowlanders were not.
- But most strange is the whole setup where Andrew's grandfather was an Englishman who bought a large estate near Loch Arkaig! Would never have happened, that was Clan Cameron land...why does the book go to such lengths to make Andrew an Englishman?
And thanks! : )
Chapter 2
There's a bit I couldn't manage to parse at 2:37. It sounds like "I slept last night [something] in a [slightly?] [something]. Maybe it's some old-fashioned or dialect words?
Otherwise, PL OK.
Chapter 3
PL OK
Just for interest, I think hoofs is always pronounced "hooves" even when it's spelt "hoofs" (as at 16:19 in Chapter 3). But I'm not 100% sure. Anyway I guess we don't know how it was pronounced back when the "hoofs" spelling was more common
Also, how considerate of the soldiers to sing loudly in Chapter 3 to announce their approach
There's a bit I couldn't manage to parse at 2:37. It sounds like "I slept last night [something] in a [slightly?] [something]. Maybe it's some old-fashioned or dialect words?
Otherwise, PL OK.
Chapter 3
PL OK
Just for interest, I think hoofs is always pronounced "hooves" even when it's spelt "hoofs" (as at 16:19 in Chapter 3). But I'm not 100% sure. Anyway I guess we don't know how it was pronounced back when the "hoofs" spelling was more common
Also, how considerate of the soldiers to sing loudly in Chapter 3 to announce their approach
Yeah, I have to laugh at how many English characters the author is squeezing in, for a book set in ScotlandElin wrote: ↑April 23rd, 2021, 5:37 am Hee. And for your amusement, here are the bits of dubious history/geography in just the first chapter...
- Neith, no such place as far as I can tell (but I guess inventing places is okay!)
- The Earl of Arkaig, no such person (this is more baffling, why not just use Lochiel who lived at Loch Arkaig? He is mentioned in a future chapter...)
- George II was German, not Dutch.
- Why would Andrew have a Lowland accent when he lives in the Highlands?
- The book implies that Highlanders were Jacobites and Lowlanders were not.
- But most strange is the whole setup where Andrew's grandfather was an Englishman who bought a large estate near Loch Arkaig! Would never have happened, that was Clan Cameron land...why does the book go to such lengths to make Andrew an Englishman?
And thanks! : )
I have not quite worked out where they're supposed to be yet, except that it's south west of Fort Augustus...
Thanks! Re: chapter 2, the sentence is "I slept last night airily, in a stout yew." The issue might be that it's, um, an unexpected combination of words? They sound clear to me, but then, I'm the one who recorded them.
Re: chapter 3, I think it's not so much an issue of whether it's f or v, but that I didn't know the vowel in "hooves" was supposed to be long! I'll re-record that.
Re: chapter 3, I think it's not so much an issue of whether it's f or v, but that I didn't know the vowel in "hooves" was supposed to be long! I'll re-record that.
Yes, indeed your reading is perfectly clear. it's just such an unexpected combination of words that I could not work out what I was hearing until I saw it written down in your comment I guess there is nothing that can be done about it.