My approach to footnotes has always been
"see page 651" leave out
" see Smith - X journal vol 35 xxii" leave out
If it is of the text - " Wielding his mugwump " with a footnote saying "mugwump - Malay word for rolling pin" I'd say " Wielding his mugwump " in normal voice, pause slightly and say"rolling pin"
So if it explains an uncommon word I'd say it , if it was a reference I'd leave it out
Anne
( solo) Argonauts of the Western Pacific by Bronisław Malinowski-ans
I was asking more about whether I can pick and choose which footnore to read, based on whether I find them interesting (i.e read one which I find interesting, then skip another which I find boring).
Also, thanks for the examples because I'm thinking about reading a short introduction-type text for a collection, and your post has given me some guidelines.
Also, thanks for the examples because I'm thinking about reading a short introduction-type text for a collection, and your post has given me some guidelines.
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section 3 is OK. Anne
Their family trees would be interesting - everyone would be some degree of cousin to everyone else, pity there were not DNA studies then - it would be really interesting.
Anne
Their family trees would be interesting - everyone would be some degree of cousin to everyone else, pity there were not DNA studies then - it would be really interesting.
Anne
Chapter 4 has been uploaded. In fact twice, including once under the wrong title which means that I'll need to ask you to fish in your folder for chapter 3 (Essentials of the Kula) and restore it. I can't re-upload it because I think I've overwritten the file I had on my hard drive 
Once you've managed to clean up this mess, I suggest you read along when PLing, despite this being ordinary PL otherwise. This chapter has lots of subdivisions-within-subdivisions going on and there is a fragment where Malinowski constantly refers to his drawings of canoes and it'd be nice to see if I got this right or even if it's understandable at all.
EDIT: Actually, no, I didn't overwrite it on my hard drive. I've just remembered I had the original file saved with a different title. Still, re-uploading it would probably make things even more messy in your folder. So, overall, can you please check if it can be restored? Sorry...
Once you've managed to clean up this mess, I suggest you read along when PLing, despite this being ordinary PL otherwise. This chapter has lots of subdivisions-within-subdivisions going on and there is a fragment where Malinowski constantly refers to his drawings of canoes and it'd be nice to see if I got this right or even if it's understandable at all.
EDIT: Actually, no, I didn't overwrite it on my hard drive. I've just remembered I had the original file saved with a different title. Still, re-uploading it would probably make things even more messy in your folder. So, overall, can you please check if it can be restored? Sorry...