tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7730888263639781223.post8756700112545096845..comments2024-03-29T05:16:11.201-04:00Comments on NineteenTeen: Txt, 19th c stl: Pt 1Marissa Doylehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11248406475808085694noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7730888263639781223.post-9779021583418553732010-02-04T23:52:10.704-05:002010-02-04T23:52:10.704-05:00I very much enjoyed your post. I like to write le...I very much enjoyed your post. I like to write letters to friends, although I usually reserve them to special events and use the more "modern" methods that we are all so familiar with today.<br /><br />I have a pen and ink set and have often considered trying to locate or create an authentic quill pen. <br /><br />Thank you for the wonderful tutorial on regency writing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7730888263639781223.post-83684659548436122442010-02-04T22:48:10.064-05:002010-02-04T22:48:10.064-05:00Hi Marissa!
Great post! I always lurve it when yo...Hi Marissa!<br />Great post! I always lurve it when you share something about stationary and pens... sigh.... swoon! ha ha<br /><br />Yep, I've got my book and looking forward to next week!ChaChaneenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07513422419246644559noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7730888263639781223.post-52392317941270335602010-02-04T16:53:43.694-05:002010-02-04T16:53:43.694-05:00Michaela, if you Google "crossed line letters...Michaela, if you Google "crossed line letters" or permutations on that, you can find a lot of interesting images!<br /><br />Rhett, my husband would probably have done the same thing. And he makes me read notes from his mother as he can't read her writing, so i guess he comes by it honestly. :)<br /><br />Brittany, in that case I would definitely suggest watching some of the great Jane Austen adaptations that have been done recently to get a feel for ballroom etiquette. The Pride and Prejudice miniseries would be at the top of my list, particularly as there are a couple of dancing scenes. Your party sounds fun!!<br /><br />So glad you've enjoyed this topic!Marissa Doylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11248406475808085694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7730888263639781223.post-6830092980638484132010-02-04T15:19:13.290-05:002010-02-04T15:19:13.290-05:00We call the ball a vintage ball. You can come in w...We call the ball a vintage ball. You can come in whatever era you wish (last time I was post revolutionary war, but the host's family prefers the Civil War era.) The dances are of a wide variety the only ones I can remember the names of are the virginia reel and the grand march. I wish to come as someone from around 1809. The dance is with the homeschool group I belong to so it is not really formal.bethanynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7730888263639781223.post-49637532552570866082010-02-04T14:42:53.464-05:002010-02-04T14:42:53.464-05:00That was a really interesting post! I would love ...That was a really interesting post! I would love to know all this - but then, that's the point of this site :D<br /><br />Best wishes,<br /><br />Sara xsarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17226359507754241333noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7730888263639781223.post-43485124938957446392010-02-04T13:31:37.616-05:002010-02-04T13:31:37.616-05:00I think I would never write a letter back in that ...I think I would never write a letter back in that day for my hand is not what it should be. Any letters I sent would have no response and I would feel abandoned by all of my friends thinking that they no longer held me in high esteem. My self esteem would plummet. Though the reason for their lack of response would simply be because they could not understand my hand writing. I would therefore leave the letters to my wife for her hand is far superior to mine.Rhetthttp://www.rhemalda.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7730888263639781223.post-71064163068973012992010-02-04T10:21:45.813-05:002010-02-04T10:21:45.813-05:00Marissa,
what a useful post. In my upcoming novel ...Marissa,<br />what a useful post. In my upcoming novel on Victoria (not due out until the Fall) I have a scene where Victoria receives a letter from a former servant of the house. To save money, the servant had written at "cross-purposes". Victoria finds it very frustrating!<br /><br />The Jane Austen letter demonstrates this brilliantly! May I borrow the image?<br /><br />MichaelaMichaela MacCollnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7730888263639781223.post-25085449711891055262010-02-02T20:12:22.293-05:002010-02-02T20:12:22.293-05:00Bethany, are you going to a ball that has a histor...Bethany, are you going to a ball that has a historical 19th century theme? If so, what year/era? <br /><br />Movies/DVDs like the Pride and Prejudice miniseries can be a valuable source of information like that--a picture is definitely worth a thousand words.Marissa Doylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11248406475808085694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7730888263639781223.post-67107908182651954042010-02-02T19:33:08.433-05:002010-02-02T19:33:08.433-05:00my mom and I love the patrica wrede books so much....my mom and I love the patrica wrede books so much.<br />I know this is not on topic but I have been wondering lately. how would a young lady curtcy? how would one hold a gentelmen's arm when asked for a dance? how would one answer when asked for a dance?<br />please tell me if you can. I will be going to a ball in march and would like to know how to act.bethanynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7730888263639781223.post-53217904394501249002010-02-02T16:17:48.232-05:002010-02-02T16:17:48.232-05:00Very interesting post! Thank you :)Very interesting post! Thank you :)Sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05118487974961705146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7730888263639781223.post-6005443114314842112010-02-02T15:18:32.475-05:002010-02-02T15:18:32.475-05:00I'm experienced at reading diaries and I just ...I'm experienced at reading diaries and I just love the way people wrote in the 18th and 19th centuries. They may have shortened words but they used more words than we do to convey a single thought. Their handwriting is mostly easy to read, at least for me. I hate 20th century handwriting and can;t read it easily.<br /><br />I love the way iron gall ink looks and feels. It often crumbles all over my hands and clothes though along with the rotting leather and dust but I wouldn't have it any other way!QNPoohBearhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14941631487565237299noreply@blogger.com