[identity profile] checkers65477.livejournal.com posting in [community profile] queensthief
If you couldn't make it to the chat today, you missed a good one.  There was the typical talk about biceps, goat wool underwear, and Costis's lady friends, then some discussion about the newest short story and the next book-to-come.

Then, a very special visitor dropped in. 

Who is living in Norway these days. 

Who is a famous author.

At that point, the discussion ranged from Thor Heyerdahl and the original Kon-Tiki (apparently, it is in a museum in Oslo), to Slartibarfast, to how to make Norwegian accents on your keyboard ("Not Telling.").  [livejournal.com profile] tiegirlpoked a little about the next book, to no avail.  But don't be a bit surprised if somehow a large reed boat ends up in it.

A good time was had by all.  Thanks, Megan, for stopping by to chat!

Date: 9/19/11 07:51 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] bluestalking.livejournal.com
Oooh, curse my dissertation that I should be working on even now. I'm sorry I missed that! ...You got a 'not telling' for Norwegian accents?

Also last time Megan moved to another country we got QT. Is this going to result in a SERIES OF SEMI-POLAR ADVENTURES? By which I mean BOOKS?*

*Yes please? Please? Please?

øøøøøøøøøøø ååååååååå

Date: 9/19/11 08:14 am (UTC)
From: (Anonymous)
Yeah, just showing off now.

~mwt

Date: 9/19/11 11:16 am (UTC)

Date: 9/19/11 12:11 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] chocolate-smash.livejournal.com
Jeg kan skrive på norsk, men jeg dont bli veldig mange av de morsomme bokstaver

Date: 9/19/11 02:39 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] booksrgood4u.livejournal.com
But don't be a bit surprised if somehow a large reed boat ends up in it.

Will it be named 'Irene'?? And will Attolia have to row it?

Date: 9/19/11 02:50 pm (UTC)
From: (Anonymous)
Du trenger å skrive spesielle ord! Eksempel på, smør, og undervisningsinspektør!

~mwt

Date: 9/19/11 11:19 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] chocolate-smash.livejournal.com
Læreren grønne bønner rød grønn blå enhjørning smør kunstbøker grå bære gråt leirbål

Date: 9/19/11 11:45 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] inkasrain.livejournal.com
Oh, I wish I could've made it! Norway, huh? Nice! (Or, "ice"? Norway isn't Iceland, though...)

Date: 9/20/11 01:01 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] agh-4.livejournal.com
Nnnh!!! I'm so sorry I missed it. But ... I'm sure it was fabulous. The world is an amazing place. :)

Date: 9/20/11 01:08 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] brandy-painter.livejournal.com
Ugh. I was there early but had to log right back out because we had to leave for a thing earlier than I thought we did. That is probably a good thing or I would have not gone to said thing at all.

I hate I missed it. :(

Date: 9/20/11 02:19 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] tiegirl.livejournal.com
"teacher green beans red green blue unicorn butter art books gray bear crying campfire"

It's code

Date: 9/20/11 02:21 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] tiegirl.livejournal.com
This says, "Tiegirl, I totally forgot to answer your question as to when the next book comes out. It comes out very very very soon. Probably look for it under your Christmas tree. Yup."

Date: 9/20/11 02:21 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] hazelwillow.livejournal.com
My favourite part was when Ms. MWT confirmed that, IF Gen were given a reed boat for his birthday, he would talk like a pirate on it.

I also now know what my next book to read will be...

Thank you for dropping in, Megan! (I hope it's ok if I call you that). It totally made my day!

(And thank you for writing this up, Checkers!)

Date: 9/20/11 02:22 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] tiegirl.livejournal.com
I'll bet you can guess what the code translates to.

Date: 9/20/11 02:25 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] tiegirl.livejournal.com
This says, "Hey, revered author mwt, you forgot to tell Tiegirl when the next book was coming out. Just thought I'd respectfully remind you."

Date: 9/20/11 02:26 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] tiegirl.livejournal.com
OOps, this goes under chocolate smashes first post.


MAJOR FAIL

Date: 9/20/11 03:14 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] aged-crone.livejournal.com
Okay, just as a guess: "I can write Norwegian, but I (something something something ) letters (or possibly spelling)."
Es klingt fast wie Deutsch manchmal, glaube ich. Mit nur ein kleines bisschen Englisch dazu, wen man an altmodige Worte denkt.

Date: 9/20/11 03:17 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] aged-crone.livejournal.com
Yes, we should give her a lovely scroll, made of solid gold, and graven in diamonds in letters plain there is written her fair scroll roundabout, "Not telling."

Date: 9/20/11 04:52 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] elle-winters.livejournal.com
Ooh, can post up the chat so I can readddd (: ?

Date: 9/20/11 10:55 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] chocolate-smash.livejournal.com
And also the first 14 words I could find with cool letters in them.

Date: 9/21/11 01:40 am (UTC)
From: (Anonymous)
The save/print right? It wont let me =/

I'll go try it again.
From: [identity profile] elle-winters.livejournal.com
fancy..how do u even get your computer to write that..?

Date: 9/21/11 02:35 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ninedaysaqueen.livejournal.com
That's what I want to know! :)

Date: 9/21/11 04:31 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] aged-crone.livejournal.com
No, it's actually part of Gen's plans for Costis. Who has been off learning boating. The boat will be called Cos-Tisi.

Date: 9/22/11 04:15 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] deirdrej.livejournal.com
Åh, Nørwegian! I bet Megan just didn't want to say anything boring, like, try an alt key code! þey even let you type the extremely weird Icelandic (or old English) letters, like the "thorn" (Þ or þ) for a voiced "th." Which, incidentally, is how we ended up with all those "Ye olde shoppes," if anybody cares.

(It's so great to be a librarian with an undergrad degree in German Language/Linguistics! I am a veritable font of useless information! HTML! SGML! EAD! Language history! etc.!)

But I digress....

I AM SO JEALOUS!

Not that I don't love you guys, of course, but I can never take part in any of the chats -- they're always at a bad time. So I actually am a tiny bit jealous.

Oh, well.

You guys are awesome, even if tiegirl didn't manage to get all the information we want about the next book.

Hmm....A large reed boat filled with elephants? Or do the elephants swim?

Date: 9/22/11 04:17 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] deirdrej.livejournal.com
OK, so how do I go into chatzy? (I never tried before, because I can never do the chats.)

Date: 9/22/11 04:26 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] deirdrej.livejournal.com
Ja, genau!

Obwohl...ich finde Schwedisch noch leichter. Holländisch is auch zeimlich verständlich, und Dänisch versteht man sofort -- besonders wenn man Freunde oder Bekannte im Nordfriesland hat!

Date: 9/22/11 04:35 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] deirdrej.livejournal.com
Sorry -- I know I sound like an idiot, but I really can't get into chatzy, at all. Is our password of old not working? Is there a new one?

Thanks so much!

Would love to read what I missed.

Date: 9/24/11 02:33 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] tiegirl.livejournal.com
I AM JEALOUS! What the heck is SGML and EAD for crying out loud? I have learned so much about the internets just from joining Sounis, but I'm still just so out of my depth! Kids just do this stuff without thinking, and it drives me crazy that there's so much I don't know.
From: [identity profile] ballerina-222.livejournal.com
I actually can do those characters on my keyboard. You just have to add a Norwegian (or Icelandic, which I have) keyboard to your settings.

So I can get cool stuff like these: Æ, ð, þ, ö, Ð, Þ

Date: 9/29/11 01:59 am (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] filkferengi
Thanks for the report, Checks!

No surprise there; mwt's always been known for good reeds. [weg]

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