[COMPLETE] WWI Centenary Prose Collection Vol. II-RuthieG

[RuthieG]

Thanks, MaryAnn! I'll listen today. I'm still awaiting one or two summaries, but I'll catalogue as soon as I have them.

Ruth

[RuthieG]

Great reading, MaryAnn! There are three little spots - not important, and it's up to you whether you'd like to fix them:

p. 218
10:14 'he found the boat was not all on the plate' (i.e. some of it was, but not all of it)
I hear 'he found the boat was not at all on the plate'

p. 220
11:54 'over the ship from stem to stern'
I hear 'over the ship from stern to stern'

p. 230
23:36 'there was no sham about the services they rendered'
I hear 'there was no shame about the services they rendered'

What a fascinating account. I knew little about the use of camouflage during WWI, but I do know that the skills were used to great effect during WWII. In particular, Operation Fortitude South was a deception employed to convince the Germans that D-Day would take place from the south-east coast of England and land at the Pas de Calais region, rather than in Normandy. Just along the coast from me at Dover, a 'dummy' invasion force was constructed in fantastic detail. It was very successful.

Ruth

[MaryAnnSpiegel]

Ruth,
I'll get those fixed. I was reading from my tablet and should have increased the font size!
MaryAnn

[MaryAnnSpiegel]

Great reading, MaryAnn! There are three little spots - not important, and it's up to you whether you'd like to fix them:

p. 218
10:14 'he found the boat was not all on the plate' (i.e. some of it was, but not all of it)
I hear 'he found the boat was not at all on the plate'

p. 220
11:54 'over the ship from stem to stern'
I hear 'over the ship from stern to stern'

p. 230
23:36 'there was no sham about the services they rendered'
I hear 'there was no shame about the services they rendered'

Ruth,
Corrected file uploaded. Sorry for the delay.
MaryAnn

[RuthieG]

Thanks, MaryAnn! There's never any hurry, please don't worry .

Ruth

[RuthieG]

This project is now in the catalogue! All audio files can be found on our catalog page: http://librivox.org/first-world-war-centenary-prose-collection-vol-2/

Thank you all for your most interesting contributions, and particular thanks to MaryAnn for the marathon task of proof-listening.

I shall open a third volume ere long .

Ruth

[MaryAnnSpiegel]

Thanks for all your work on this Ruth - and I've got dibs on PLing the next volume if that's ok. Our readers find the most interesting material on this subject, and there is still a lot for me to learn in listening.

MaryAnn