You know you're addicted to LV when... (slight return)

[Kalamareader]

I only get one measly turn on the acronym game, so sometimes I make up extra solutions and hope that nobody really minds.

But the point is that your responses are so creative and pithy that I don't think any of us mind at all!!

[GettingTooOld]

I only get one measly turn on the acronym game, so sometimes I make up extra solutions and hope that nobody really minds.

But the point is that your responses are so creative and pithy that I don't think any of us mind at all!!

oh do go on, please do, it's not like I'm addicted to LV, but do go on. It's co-incidental that I can't get enough, I could stop if I really want, but do go on..

[czandra]

...When you wake up in the middle of the night and think, "Oh for the love of Pete, I have not done LV in so long"

or you wake up with snatches from your dream - wait, was that in the text I read today? Damn! I should've read contra' sted, not con' trasted!

Cz

[maxgal]

...when you spend A LOT of time looking up pronunciations of various words (& names) in a piece you are preparing to record, because there lurks in the back (and sometimes the front) of your mind the conviction that "someone" out there in your vast ocean of listeners will surely detect even the least of such errors.

...and when you are absolutely aghast at the thought of NOT preparing to record before you record -- including marking up the text not only for pronunciations, but also for pauses, inflections, emphases, etc etc etc....

(Any other text-marker-uppers out there?)

[mightyfelix]

Hah, not me! I rarely even pre-read what I'm about to record! I'm a fly-by-the-seat-of-my-pantser. If I get the inflection or pronunciation wrong the first time, I can always fix it on the second (or third or fourth) take, and nobody has to know I ever messed up!

(I'm not suggesting that everyone should do this, of course. I have no doubt that mine is not the superior method!)

[Kalamareader]

I am kind of in between. If I have a small part, I usually don't pre-read, but if is one of the major parts and have lines in many/all of the Acts or Chapters, I usually do just to get the idea of how to read it. I am also one of those who keeps a tab open on my computer to Google Translate to help me with pronunciations.

I just read right off of the computer screen, scrolling down the page as I read. Usually, I can catch most of the inflection and pauses, etc. as I go along, but sometimes, of course, I am thrown a curve and have to do it again.

But as with all, this is just my way, and your mileage may very.

[Piotrek81]

Hah, not me! I rarely even pre-read what I'm about to record! I'm a fly-by-the-seat-of-my-pantser. If I get the inflection or pronunciation wrong the first time, I can always fix it on the second (or third or fourth) take, and nobody has to know I ever messed up!

(I'm not suggesting that everyone should do this, of course. I have no doubt that mine is not the superior method!)

Given how inconsistent English is, I'm in awe of people who pull that off. Bear in mind, though, that English is not my native language, so obviously my range of vocabulary/knowledge of prounciation is smaller than what can be expected from a native. So yeah, I always pre-read texts in English. I mostly pre-read the Polish texts, too. Which actually slows me down, as I don't always feel like reading the same thing twice.

[maxgal]

Hah, not me! I rarely even pre-read what I'm about to record! I'm a fly-by-the-seat-of-my-pantser. If I get the inflection or pronunciation wrong the first time, I can always fix it on the second (or third or fourth) take, and nobody has to know I ever messed up!

(I'm not suggesting that everyone should do this, of course. I have no doubt that mine is not the superior method!)

Given how inconsistent English is, I'm in awe of people who pull that off. Bear in mind, though, that English is not my native language, so obviously my range of vocabulary/knowledge of prounciation is smaller than what can be expected from a native. So yeah, I always pre-read texts in English. I mostly pre-read the Polish texts, too. Which actually slows me down, as I don't always feel like reading the same thing twice.

...Well, English IS my native languange, but I'm awe-ful nonetheless...

[yannaaragon]

... as soon as you submit a section's recording for PL, you ask in the same post if you can record another section within the same work--but only if the submitted recording is okay.

[Dulcamara]

... you wake up and in your dream you were playing one of those word games...

[Kalamareader]

... you wake up and in your dream you were playing one of those word games...

...and had come up with an amazing word.......AND CAN'T REMEMBER IT!!!!!!!

[Dulcamara]

... you wake up and in your dream you were playing one of those word games...

...and had come up with an amazing word.......AND CAN'T REMEMBER IT!!!!!!!

[brownrottger]

Daughter comes home from work: 6:00pm:
"What did you do today mom?
"Um Librivox, ate breakfast, um Librivox, ate lunch, ummm Librivox"

[Rapunzelina]

At least you remember to eat in-between

[Kalamareader]

At least you remember to eat in-between

Yes, I have found that LV can be a great diet. Hey, how about using that in part of our "Marketing Scheme"!