[COMPLETE] [1700s memoir] The Journal of Nicholas Cresswell - kaz

jenno · Post by **jenno** » May 17th, 2021, 4:48 pm

May I claim sections 1 and 2 please ?

Jennifer

JenniferFour · Post by **JenniferFour** » May 17th, 2021, 7:31 pm

I would be happy to do sections 3-5

a different Jennifer

Piotrek81 · Post by **Piotrek81** » May 18th, 2021, 9:09 am

jenno wrote: ↑May 17th, 2021, 4:48 pm May I claim sections 1 and 2 please ?

Jennifer

JenniferFour wrote: ↑May 17th, 2021, 7:31 pm I would be happy to do sections 3-5

a different Jennifer

Thank you both, Jennifers

And with this, a quarter of all sections has been claimed

jenno · Post by **jenno** » May 30th, 2021, 11:41 pm

Here is section 1

https://librivox.org/uploads/kazbek/journal_01_cresswell_128kb.mp3

duration 19.58

Cheers

Jennifer

Piotrek81 · Post by **Piotrek81** » May 31st, 2021, 8:11 am

Thank you, Jennifer. I've put it in the MW for Colleen to PL.

Post by **ColleenMc** » May 31st, 2021, 4:05 pm

Hi!

Section 1 has one small correction, around 14:34 there’s a little stumble and you say “correction” and restart the phrase.

Otherwise great!

Is it me or does Mr Cresswell seem a little full of himself? I get the feeling that there’s something he was having to skip town for, part of why his parents were so weird about it? Maybe he knocked up an unsuitable local girl or something..,

Colleen

jenno · Post by **jenno** » May 31st, 2021, 6:37 pm

Sorry about that slip !

Here is revised section 1

https://librivox.org/uploads/kazbek/journal_01_cresswell_128kb.mp3

duration now 19.56.

Yes , there is certainly something murky in his past ! I wonder if it will be revealed as we get further inot the journal.

May I claim some more sections please ? Say 6 and 7 ?

Cheers

Jennifer

Post by **ColleenMc** » June 4th, 2021, 3:08 pm

Section 1 is now PL OK! I updated the time in the MW as well.

jenno · Post by **jenno** » June 4th, 2021, 4:49 pm

Here is section 2

https://librivox.org/uploads/kazbek/journal_02_cresswell_128kb.mp3

duration 13.41

Cheers

Jennifer

Piotrek81 · Post by **Piotrek81** » June 4th, 2021, 11:55 pm

jenno wrote: ↑May 31st, 2021, 6:37 pm Sorry about that slip !

Here is revised section 1

https://librivox.org/uploads/kazbek/journal_01_cresswell_128kb.mp3

duration now 19.56.

Yes , there is certainly something murky in his past ! I wonder if it will be revealed as we get further inot the journal.

May I claim some more sections please ? Say 6 and 7 ?

Cheers

Jennifer

I've put section 2 in the MW and assigned you sections 6 and 7

jenno · Post by **jenno** » June 8th, 2021, 5:47 pm

Can anyone give me some guidance on some Indian place name pronunciations.

Mongahaley
Saweekly
Yaughagany
Conhanway
Shawannee

The Web is singularly bereft of useful information !

Cheers

Jennifer

Piotrek81 · Post by **Piotrek81** » June 9th, 2021, 10:14 am

Disclaimer: I'm not in any way knowledgeble about the Native American-derived names. In fact English is not even my first laguage.

Having said that, I'd say go with whatever you feel the name should be pronounced according to your English-speaking eyes/ears based on the spelling presented in the text. I think the names like these were usually written down in English using the spelling familiar to English-speakers.
For example, here's a wikipedia article about the Monongahela River, which I'm assuming has something to do with the place you mentioned given they are both in Virginia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monongahela_River See the beginning of the article for the phonetic spelling of the name. I'd say use the same method with the remaining names as well and you'll at least be in the ballpark

Post by **ColleenMc** » June 9th, 2021, 1:34 pm

jenno wrote: ↑June 8th, 2021, 5:47 pm Can anyone give me some guidance on some Indian place name pronunciations.

Mongahaley
Saweekly
Yaughagany
Conhanway
Shawannee

The Web is singularly bereft of useful information !

Cheers

Jennifer

Hi,

These are largely Algonquin-derived names and I grew up in the area of the US where a lot of places have names from Algonquin original names (part of my family hails from the Philadelphia suburbs of Manayunk and Conshohocken, for example)

You can pretty much pronounce them as you read them - he was likely doing phonetic spellings himself. I'd say :

mon-gah-HAIL-ee
sa-WEEK-ly
YAW-ga-gain-ee
con-HAN-way
shah-WAN-nee

Hope that helps!

Colleen

jenno · Post by **jenno** » June 9th, 2021, 5:08 pm

Thank you both for that useful information.

I shall incorporate all I learn into my recordings !

Jennifer

jenno · Post by **jenno** » June 11th, 2021, 9:48 pm

Here is section 6

https://librivox.org/uploads/kazbek/journal_06_cresswell_128kb.mp3

duration 30.45

Cheers

Jennifer