(Complete) Historical Mysteries by Andrew Lang - lt

[elsieselwyn]

Thank you both! And no worries about the difficulty with recording - Lang is tough one

[Lynnet]

'2l. 13s. 6d'

Aha... you are younger than me

2 pounds 13 shillings and sixpence i.e. 'old money' pre 1971

[johnnyenglish]

Sweetie - I somehow got the impression that we were talking Frog money!!!

(I've never been too clued up on that - I think the educational system fried my brains
when they introduced decimalisation in 196_ - I was only four when I started school,
so I can't give you an exact date when they taught me to start counting in tens! )

I mean, this is a story (historical or not,) about a cross-dressing French 'person'- sounds like a pretty switched on Dude to me, actually, -
so I really didn't think that 'thruppence' and 'tuppence' would be major factors! Apologies if I was wrong -
I'm only 55 years young - I can't help it! )

(And I ALWAYS appreciate it when someone offers to tie my shoelaces for me! )

Andrew

[Lynnet]

February 15 1971... I was 8. Penny chews continued to be penny chews... but a penny was worth considerably less! And “old money “ and “new money” coexisted for a while... not sure how long but it seemed like ages (it probably wasn’t!)

[johnnyenglish]

'71?

Ah yes - I remember it well! (I was 8 years old then, also!)

You could get 8 'Fruit Salads' or 8 'Blackjacks' - for a ha'pny!

And you tell kids that nowadays...

(I'm not old - I've just survived longer than most of the kids I grew up with...)

[voxdockery]

Ch 9: submitted for approval TRT 27:14
https://librivox.org/uploads/lynnet/historicalmysteries_09_lang_128kb.mp3

[elsieselwyn]

Ch 9: submitted for approval TRT 27:14
https://librivox.org/uploads/lynnet/historicalmysteries_09_lang_128kb.mp3

Thanks!

[champagnesupernova]

Hi Elsie! I've uploaded my section: section 8 - the strange case of daniel dunglas home; duration: 42:58.
https://librivox.org/uploads/lynnet/historicalmysteries_08_lang_128kb.mp3

[elsieselwyn]

Hi Elsie! I've uploaded my section: section 8 - the strange case of daniel dunglas home; duration: 42:58.
https://librivox.org/uploads/lynnet/historicalmysteries_08_lang_128kb.mp3

Thank you!

[elsieselwyn]

Sections 6 and 9 PL OK

Section 8 PL Notes:

37:27 repeat “Dr Carpenter 1871 discredited the experiments”

40:11 repeat “thus the table rose completely off the ground several times whilst the gentlemen present”

[elsieselwyn]

Hey Andrew! Here are my PL Notes for Section 11:

First, I think you misread Louis XV as Louis the Fourteenth (which would be Louis XIV) when Louis XV should be read as Louis the Fifteenth. I hate to make you go back and correct it, but I think it does make a difference in the author’s intent.

Here are the times for “Louis XV”: 2:33, 4:56, 7:28, 8:15, 11:50, 14:33, 15:59, 17:08, 18:22, 18:29 20:01, 20:48, 23:01, 23:25, and 23:43

10:50 heard “by 36 days” text says “by 36 hours”

26:43 heard “now to join the privacy” text says “now to join the troops being sent to America. He was consigned to retreat in the Castle of Dijon (1779); he had become a weariness to official mankind. He withdrew (1781-85) to privacy”

27:15 don’t forget to insert “fetched 2 pounds 13 shillings and sixpence!” (Thanks, Lynnet! I would have been totally lost on that one as an American young adult )




These two are optional - only fix this if you want to. Perhaps the way you pronounced it is the British way. Anyway, this is the American way. I just thought you might want to know since you had said you had not seen some words before and guessed pronounciation wise.

13:51 and 13:53 quell pronounce as “kwell”
27:05 quale pronounce as “kwalay”




Anyway, great job on a difficult section!

[johnnyenglish]

Thanks for all the tips!

I shall sort them out as soon as I can - but that may be a little while...

It makes life a little confusing when we are 'seperated by a common language' -
particularly when you are trying to cope with a third. (Which you don't speak!)

[maxgal]

Sections 6 and 9 PL OK

Section 8 PL Notes:

37:27 repeat “Dr Carpenter 1871 discredited the experiments”

40:11 repeat “thus the table rose completely off the ground several times whilst the gentlemen present”

I nearly missed this note re. section 6!
Boy O Boy am I glad it's OK.
...LJB

[ColleenMc]

Chapter 1:


https://librivox.org/uploads/lynnet/historicalmysteries_01_lang_128kb.mp3

43:16

Colleen

[elsieselwyn]

Chapter 1:


https://librivox.org/uploads/lynnet/historicalmysteries_01_lang_128kb.mp3

43:16

Colleen

Thank you!