getting my baggage ready...[COMPLETE] Finland and the Tsars, 1809—1899 by Joseph R. Fisher - loa
New Section which I didn't expect to be uploading today. The End of the Chapter snuck up on me!
https://librivox.org/uploads/lorda/finlandandthetsars18091899_02_fisher_128kb.mp3 (25:09)
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17@08:01
so far from joining his Imperial Majesty in his exertations
so far from joining his Imperial Majesty in his exertions
18@10:19 – you normally pronounce “Diet” unlike this time
meant to tickle the ears of the Borga Diet
19@11:13
but as the most empathetic pledges were drawn up in French
but as the most emphatic pledges were drawn up in French
20@14:11
he would not permit the relations of the two countries
he could not permit the relations of the two countries
26@23:37
Professor Danielson of Helsingfors who has an extensive knowledge
Professor Danielson of Helsingfors who has an exhaustive knowledge
so far from joining his Imperial Majesty in his exertations
so far from joining his Imperial Majesty in his exertions
18@10:19 – you normally pronounce “Diet” unlike this time
meant to tickle the ears of the Borga Diet
19@11:13
but as the most empathetic pledges were drawn up in French
but as the most emphatic pledges were drawn up in French
20@14:11
he would not permit the relations of the two countries
he could not permit the relations of the two countries
26@23:37
Professor Danielson of Helsingfors who has an extensive knowledge
Professor Danielson of Helsingfors who has an exhaustive knowledge
DrSpoke wrote: ↑May 24th, 2023, 1:12 pm 17@08:01
so far from joining his Imperial Majesty in his exertations
so far from joining his Imperial Majesty in his exertions
18@10:19 – you normally pronounce “Diet” unlike this time
meant to tickle the ears of the Borga Diet
19@11:13
but as the most empathetic pledges were drawn up in French
but as the most emphatic pledges were drawn up in French
20@14:11
he would not permit the relations of the two countries
he could not permit the relations of the two countries
26@23:37
Professor Danielson of Helsingfors who has an extensive knowledge
Professor Danielson of Helsingfors who has an exhaustive knowledge
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Empathetic > Emphatic
Before this reading is finished, someone French may track me down and kill me.
I'm sure the French government has invested in experimental linguistical sensor networks capable of detecting the French-language being debased anywhere in the world and is even now dispatching assassins to my position. Seems like the kind of thing they would do
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If you don't hear for me within two weeks expect the worst.
I'm sure the French government has invested in experimental linguistical sensor networks capable of detecting the French-language being debased anywhere in the world and is even now dispatching assassins to my position. Seems like the kind of thing they would do
.If you don't hear for me within two weeks expect the worst.
Still alive, and evading capture 
How I feel reading blocks of French text;
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hU0QZQRTNr0
And there is an entire page between me and the end of the chapter. This might take a little while.
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Wouldn't mind learning French or German or Latin at some point. If I ever do learn French, I'm not sure if I'll want to revisit this recording.
How I feel reading blocks of French text;
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hU0QZQRTNr0
And there is an entire page between me and the end of the chapter. This might take a little while.
...
Wouldn't mind learning French or German or Latin at some point. If I ever do learn French, I'm not sure if I'll want to revisit this recording.
Glad to hear that!
No hurry, and just as information: I noticed that Sonia (admin Kitty) seems very nice and ready to provide recordings of any required French text to be used by the reader as guidance - you could play it every night for five days while dozing off; then setting a timer for that to start playing, while you are sound asleep, every night for six days; then cooking a toad (well done), put it under your mic and place your laptop facing 73 degrees north of the pan (where you still have the toad water); then...
No hurry, and just as information: I noticed that Sonia (admin Kitty) seems very nice and ready to provide recordings of any required French text to be used by the reader as guidance - you could play it every night for five days while dozing off; then setting a timer for that to start playing, while you are sound asleep, every night for six days; then cooking a toad (well done), put it under your mic and place your laptop facing 73 degrees north of the pan (where you still have the toad water); then...
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Currently I'm doing something similar (without the toads) by consulting how Google Translate's French voice thinks it should be pronounced. This way I can offload some of the onus for trashing the French language onto Google which won't defend itself (cue defamation lawsuit).
I'm being a little overly dramatic. I'm hoping the result won't be absolutely awful. Only. . . kind of bad.
As long as it sounds plausibly correct to the English ear, and intelligible to the French ear, I'll be satisfied. Of that I'll let you be the judge. I may reach out to Sonia for future chapters depending on what you think.
Apologies for the radio silence. But. . . I yet live.
Turns out planning a road trip across a continent is more involved than buying an airplane ticket!
But I'll be dropping in on a lot of interesting museums and historical sites
Turns out planning a road trip across a continent is more involved than buying an airplane ticket!
But I'll be dropping in on a lot of interesting museums and historical sites