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[devoutish]

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[OOC translation for people who don't hate themselves:

was looking up information about new spellings used in text communication on phones and computers etc. and most of what I found was fucking whinging about kids today being lazy and not knowing how to spell properly as if this were a modern fucking invention

there are differences and new things have been done with them that we didn't do much in the past with our telegraphs for example the numbers especially are clever

information, forewarned, today

but the idea was certainly not invented by 21st century children so pay respect to your elders who were far better at being incomprehensible than your kids today

when I get tired of my tiny telephone keyboard I'm going to write all my texts like this ]

Comments

[voice]

[glassfall]

I wonder why no one has invented a machine for that.

[She can barely figure out typing, but you can bet that if she could make it, she would.]

[voice]

[devoutish]

Less demand, I suppose. More shoes are made of cloth now.

Re: [voice]

[glassfall]

That sounds strange. Why make shoes out of something so much less durable? Unless one prefers to ride instead of walking, I suppose.

[Cars? Those things are weird. And she doesn't trust bikes.]

[voice]

[devoutish]

In cars? Yeah. You'd need strong shoes for riding horses.

[voice]

[glassfall]

Yes, those. But I have yet to see many horses here.

[voice]

[devoutish]

They seem to be banned on the city streets. Very strange.

[voice]

[glassfall]

Perhaps they're worried that the cars will hit them.

[voice]

[devoutish]

They let people ride around on bicycles, don't they?

[voice]

[glassfall]

Those strange contraptions with two wheels? Yes. I wonder why they won't allow horses, then.

[voice]

[devoutish]

Yeah, those. Might be that they just don't like the horses relieving themselves in the road, eh?

[voice]

[glassfall]

That could be it. The bicycles don't make such a mess.

[And she doesn't exactly miss smelling horse leavings whenever she’s in town.]

[voice]

[devoutish]

Well - that's the mystery solved, then.

[voice]

[glassfall]

I do miss not worrying over getting struck by cars. I was almost hit at a corner a few days ago!

[And she hadn't even been trying to cross, yet.]

[voice]

[devoutish]

Yeah? Most of 'em are better drivers than at home, actually.

Faster, though.

[voice]

[glassfall]

We don't have many drivers in my hometown.

[And, of course, they're all carriages.]

The few who do are careful, though.

[voice]

[devoutish]

For how long have cars existed in your time?

[voice]

[glassfall]

Oh, I'm sorry. I meant carriages. We don't have cars, back home.

[Which is good for her, because Carmosa would probably have made her drive.]

[voice]

[devoutish]

Carriages! Yeah, we've still got those too. They share the road with the cars.

[voice]

[glassfall]

That can't be very nice for the horses.

[voice]

[devoutish]

I've never asked a horse.

[voice]

[glassfall]

That may be because horses tend to instantly let you know when they're upset.

[Mostly because they can be skittish as hell.]

[voice]

[devoutish]

Not well-broken ones.

[voice]

[glassfall]

I'll have to take your word for it. I'm afraid I've not got much experience riding them, myself.

[voice]

[devoutish]

Well, I haven't in a while myself, but I did spend a good amount of time at the racetrack when I was younger.

[voice]

[glassfall]

Oh? That must have been exciting.