Comments on: Interviewed by the Queen o’ memes http://www.wisemandarine.com/interviewed-by-the-queen-o-memes/ none the wiser Thu, 28 Aug 2008 11:53:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.2 By: mandarine http://www.wisemandarine.com/interviewed-by-the-queen-o-memes/#comment-716 mandarine Wed, 22 Aug 2007 03:46:41 +0000 http://www.wisemandarine.com/interviewed-by-the-queen-o-memes/#comment-716 Speaking of enchantment, I am still hoping I will be able to hear your "I am from" podcast before I die ;-) To me, and probably to most children, descriptions of Africa are a wonderland of enchantment (if it's not a pleonasm). Speaking of enchantment, I am still hoping I will be able to hear your “I am from” podcast before I die ;-) To me, and probably to most children, descriptions of Africa are a wonderland of enchantment (if it’s not a pleonasm).

]]> By: Charlotte http://www.wisemandarine.com/interviewed-by-the-queen-o-memes/#comment-715 Charlotte Tue, 21 Aug 2007 20:34:39 +0000 http://www.wisemandarine.com/interviewed-by-the-queen-o-memes/#comment-715 Love the pencast duet and your answers. I think encouraging children's enchantment is a wonderful goal. I'm hoping to do the same with my three. Love the pencast duet and your answers. I think encouraging children’s enchantment is a wonderful goal. I’m hoping to do the same with my three.

]]> By: mandarine http://www.wisemandarine.com/interviewed-by-the-queen-o-memes/#comment-714 mandarine Thu, 16 Aug 2007 04:14:57 +0000 http://www.wisemandarine.com/interviewed-by-the-queen-o-memes/#comment-714 Thanks for the compliment. Of course there will be an opportunity for you to do something similar. No need to hurry. This gives me time to read all your blog and ponder my five questions to you. PS: I've downloaded your Howard's End chapter the other day from Librivox. Now you know my handwriting and I know your voice and your accent (vich I taughd voud be tickel). Thanks for the compliment. Of course there will be an opportunity for you to do something similar. No need to hurry. This gives me time to read all your blog and ponder my five questions to you.

PS: I’ve downloaded your Howard’s End chapter the other day from Librivox. Now you know my handwriting and I know your voice and your accent (vich I taughd voud be tickel).

]]> By: polaris http://www.wisemandarine.com/interviewed-by-the-queen-o-memes/#comment-713 polaris Wed, 15 Aug 2007 20:46:06 +0000 http://www.wisemandarine.com/interviewed-by-the-queen-o-memes/#comment-713 Wonderful, detailed answers that were a pleasure to read! It is cute that Emily mailed her written questions for the pencast duet. The questions themselves are well-chosen and unobtrusive, like a good conversation with Terri Gross. I wish I could take part in this. Unfortunately, I am now in the midst of a major packing-and-shipping expedition. Graduation is around the corner, and Mirkwood moves east to Cambridge, MA for a job starting mid-September. I hope that when I am settled in Cambridge, there is an opportunity to do something similar. Wonderful, detailed answers that were a pleasure to read! It is cute that Emily mailed her written questions for the pencast duet. The questions themselves are well-chosen and unobtrusive, like a good conversation with Terri Gross.

I wish I could take part in this. Unfortunately, I am now in the midst of a major packing-and-shipping expedition. Graduation is around the corner, and Mirkwood moves east to Cambridge, MA for a job starting mid-September. I hope that when I am settled in Cambridge, there is an opportunity to do something similar.

]]> By: mandarine http://www.wisemandarine.com/interviewed-by-the-queen-o-memes/#comment-712 mandarine Sat, 11 Aug 2007 11:12:36 +0000 http://www.wisemandarine.com/interviewed-by-the-queen-o-memes/#comment-712 I believe we need to be young to learn to speak a language, but there is no age to learn to read, write and understand a language. That said, I have not tried. Maybe I'll try to learn mandarin Chinese and tell you about it. If you join me for the time travel, make sure you have briefed your husband on the no-preaching requirement. We are not supposed to be missionaries. If you know someone who wants to write books but lacks ideas for a backdrop, let me know: we'd be exactly complementary. I believe we need to be young to learn to speak a language, but there is no age to learn to read, write and understand a language. That said, I have not tried. Maybe I’ll try to learn mandarin Chinese and tell you about it.

If you join me for the time travel, make sure you have briefed your husband on the no-preaching requirement. We are not supposed to be missionaries.

If you know someone who wants to write books but lacks ideas for a backdrop, let me know: we’d be exactly complementary.

]]> By: Emily http://www.wisemandarine.com/interviewed-by-the-queen-o-memes/#comment-711 Emily Sat, 11 Aug 2007 10:50:45 +0000 http://www.wisemandarine.com/interviewed-by-the-queen-o-memes/#comment-711 Wonderful, wonderful answers. I wish my father (and mother), both of whom speak French fluently, had been as diligent about making their children learn French. Unfortunately, it didn't happen, and I'm stuck with only English, because by the time the American school systems get around to teaching foreign language (I took Spanish), the language center of the brain is already fully-developed (age 14); it becomes much more difficult than it would have been if we'd been started younger, and most people don't really learn much unless they're really, really interested. At that age, I was much more interested in just about anything other than Spanish, and just did what I had to do to get by, so nothing stuck. I'd like to join you when you travel back in time to live with the Indians and help them conquer the Western world. By the way, that would make a fabulous book. Wonderful, wonderful answers. I wish my father (and mother), both of whom speak French fluently, had been as diligent about making their children learn French. Unfortunately, it didn’t happen, and I’m stuck with only English, because by the time the American school systems get around to teaching foreign language (I took Spanish), the language center of the brain is already fully-developed (age 14); it becomes much more difficult than it would have been if we’d been started younger, and most people don’t really learn much unless they’re really, really interested. At that age, I was much more interested in just about anything other than Spanish, and just did what I had to do to get by, so nothing stuck.

I’d like to join you when you travel back in time to live with the Indians and help them conquer the Western world. By the way, that would make a fabulous book.

]]> By: mandarine http://www.wisemandarine.com/interviewed-by-the-queen-o-memes/#comment-710 mandarine Fri, 10 Aug 2007 20:21:15 +0000 http://www.wisemandarine.com/interviewed-by-the-queen-o-memes/#comment-710 In fact, I am not so sure where I bought the book, but it sure was in Devon, and not far from Dartmoor. In fact, I am not so sure where I bought the book, but it sure was in Devon, and not far from Dartmoor.

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