Michelle Connor's Blog, page 2
January 16, 2018
The missing U's
The difference between American and English words is very clear if you read or write a lot.
My spell check likes to reset itself to the wrong region constantly, personally I think a pixie got loose in my machine, and this causes the constant harrowing red squiggles on my work telling me to get rid of the 'u' out words like colour and flavour. Them extra l's they have to go too and it always wants me to swap S's for Z's. If you're not from the UK the opposite may be true for you.
I know the reason for all this confusion is the fault of one man, Noah Webster. I'm just happy some of the other spellings he wanted to change never happened. That aside it isn't always the spelling of a word that causes the main problems, it's the meanings behind the words.
I remember speaking to someone from America and telling them that I was tired because my son's friend had knocked me up. Now, if you're not from England you might be pulling the same face I have no doubt she did before typing, 'What!'
What I was telling her was that he had knocked on the door and woken me up, this was certainly lost in translation. Language may not always be a barrier to communication, but sometimes even if you both speak the same language things can get lost along the way.
My spell check likes to reset itself to the wrong region constantly, personally I think a pixie got loose in my machine, and this causes the constant harrowing red squiggles on my work telling me to get rid of the 'u' out words like colour and flavour. Them extra l's they have to go too and it always wants me to swap S's for Z's. If you're not from the UK the opposite may be true for you.
I know the reason for all this confusion is the fault of one man, Noah Webster. I'm just happy some of the other spellings he wanted to change never happened. That aside it isn't always the spelling of a word that causes the main problems, it's the meanings behind the words.
I remember speaking to someone from America and telling them that I was tired because my son's friend had knocked me up. Now, if you're not from England you might be pulling the same face I have no doubt she did before typing, 'What!'
What I was telling her was that he had knocked on the door and woken me up, this was certainly lost in translation. Language may not always be a barrier to communication, but sometimes even if you both speak the same language things can get lost along the way.
November 11, 2017
Hers To Save Series.
Authors choose to write their books in serials for many reasons. The Hers To Save, three part series is dedicated to my life long friend, Paul Humphrey. When I began writing the first part of the book, he was many months into a long hospital stay. So for me, I wanted him to have a chance to see his name immortalized in print. Not only with the dedication, but with a character named for him. Time was running out, so rather than waiting and releasing the story as one complete book, I released The Bound, part one of the tale. This became the best decision for me at the time, after a year long battle with cancer, he passed away two days after the release of the second part. So now as I write the final part of the journey, I carry sorrow, but also the knowledge that he knew how much I cared and got too at least read the beginning of the journey.
