Rhonda Bracey (@[email protected])

@Dottyeyes Patty - did you send me a FB friend request?

Hive mind, what is this? I think it has a purpose. Found it in our battery, candle, eyeglass cleaner drawer.

@EditorsCanada @sciEditor Well deserved! Congratulations, Adrienne!

Adrienne Montgomerie (@sciEditor) of Kingston, Ontario, is the winner of the 2023 Karen Virag Award! This award recognizes exceptional efforts by an individual or organization to raise the profile of editing in their community. buff.ly/43XVGps

@Dottyeyes @mikepope @MegStEsprit Forgot to add the link! cybertext.wordpress.com/2010/07/29/dat…

@Dottyeyes @mikepope @MegStEsprit That'd be related to my 13 y.o. blog post on dating! And yes, it still holds up after all these years.

4yo is sobbing bc kindergarten will be harder than prek and first grade will be harder than kindy and on and on and, “Every year of life will just get harder.” And I really have no words of advice for her 🤣

@Dottyeyes @mikepope @MegStEsprit Presentation = prezzo just to confuse things! And we also call it a walkie-talkie, though I haven't heard that expression in decades :-)

@cybertext @mikepope @MegStEsprit Thanks. I've been saying Aussie wrong! And I would have thought "prezzie" was a presentation. In the spirit of oppositeness, do you call what we in the US call walkie-talkies "walk-talks"? 😉

@Dottyeyes @mikepope @MegStEsprit We'd use 'fave' not 'favo', 'Aussie' for sure (pron. 'Ozzie', never 'Ossie' as many Americans say it), and wouldn't abbreviate 'translator'. For the earlier ones: sunnies (sunglasses), prezzies (presents), chalkies (teachers), ambo (paramedic/ambulance), garbo (garbage collector)

@cybertext @mikepope @MegStEsprit Thank you, my favo Aussie translato! Did I do that right? Anyway, I was definitely puzzled by "arvo," "sparky," and "servo"!

@H_E_Saunders Super timely. Dealing with my Dad's death last week and funeral tomorrow so some may not apply as already passed, and no doubt advice is for a specific country, but I'm sure to get general guidance from it. Thanks for sharing!

Wow! Direct, specific guidance for dealing with the logistics and paperwork of death. This is amazing.

@EditorObscura If the author is of a certain age, this may be what they learned in the days of manual typewriters and having to tab or space to centre a heading etc. Some habits are hard to break, but often it's just not knowing you can do it any other way.

@Mededitor And Ctrl+End takes you to the end :-) You're welcome!

@kirstyt I could not love this MORE! Only seems to be an issue in places like the US.

All y'all know there's a perfectly good word in English for every two weeks, right? It's fortnight (fourteen nights). None of this confusion with bi-weekly - is that every two weeks or twice a week? #JustSayFortnight #yourewelcome

@mikepope If only I'd had that when doing calculus for the first time at uni!

@ebrenner Recovering, but can now sit at the computer for short periods. Laparoscopic surgery, but aftermath still painful. Can't drive, can't lift things, can't cook or clean :-) Drugs have abated and I have my taste and brain back. Bonus: $0 because we have universal health care

Missing my #edibuddies at #ACESEvolve but SOOO glad I decided months ago not to attend. Why? Emergency appendectomy on Sat after an ambulance trip to hospital Fri night. Super grateful I wasn't on flights from Australia to Ohio for the conf, OR in the US at the time. #NotAtACES

Sounds about right!

@ellispratt LOVE that show! Such talent - looking forward to ep4

@wisekaren Will miss you this year... maybe next year?

I'm counting the days until ACES! I haven't been since 2019 (yet another pandemic casualty). If you are going OR if you live in the Columbus area and want to hang out with cool editor folks, please join us at the Freelancer Happy Hour! eventbrite.com/e/2023-freelan…

Adding @Spoutible to your platforms? Not in the US and can't get authorised? When entering your phone number do NOT choose the autofill country name your browser wants to give you--enter the actual digits (e.g. +61 for Australia). There's a 30-minute reason I know this!