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joanwilder aka RaeWhit (joanwilder) wrote,
@ 2008-10-17 23:28:00

Poll #2493 Vocab word.
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If I were to ask you what a 'hennin' was, would you know?

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Yes, and I didn't just google it now.
7 (25.9%)

Hell no, is that English??
11 (40.7%)

Maybe, depends on what it's worth to you.
5 (18.5%)

OH NOES, she's figured out how to do a poll.
2 (7.4%)

Yes, I'm reading 'Cloistered' and expect to see this word.
2 (7.4%)

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	synn 2008-10-17 10:36 pm UTC (link)
	erm, I'd probably try to figure it out from context. Also, I think there should have been a "YAYS she's figred out how to do a poll!" I like polls. (Reply to this) (Thread)

joanwilder
2008-10-17 10:42 pm UTC (link)

Yes, you would be able to figure out that it's a hat from context, but not the unique sort that this one is. I've emailed Sioban, and asked if maybe I shouldn't just describe it a bit more than she has in the text.

Yays! You liked my poll? I like them unless they're used to ask me things like 'should I dye my hair or not?'. How the hell should I know, and besides, I can't even decide 'with or without pepperoni'.

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	synn 2008-10-17 11:11 pm UTC (link)
	um.. deletes that 'should I dye my hair or not' poll oh, with pepperoni! Definitely. unless you're a pescatarian like me. Of course I liked your poll! and I suspect you can be trusted to use this power only for good, so it's all okay : ) . . . . Alright. I give in. Is the second comment too early to start making 'poll'-slut jokes? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	joanwilder 2008-10-17 11:24 pm UTC (link)
	Omg, I so wanna be a poll-slut! (Reply to this) (Parent)

	fodirteg 2008-10-17 11:12 pm UTC (link)
	I am currently discussingcostuming; so yeah, I could tell you right off the top of my pointy little head ;) (Reply to this) (Thread)

	joanwilder 2008-10-17 11:25 pm UTC (link)
	Yay, you guys are all smarter than me! (Reply to this) (Parent)

	zephre 2008-10-17 11:37 pm UTC (link)
	i think it's a word a particular audience will know, and you happen to get lots of costume geeks in fandom. but a couple of good context clues can make it clear without whacking anybody over the head. so to speak. my mommy made me a hennin from tagboard and tinsel when I was a tiny tot. yay mom! ;) (Reply to this) (Thread)

	joanwilder 2008-10-17 11:45 pm UTC (link)
	You're right, I didn't think about that--fandom folks being into costuming. The context will show it's a headpiece, but not much more. Thanks! (Reply to this) (Parent)

	veridian_dair 2008-10-17 11:51 pm UTC (link)
	Will I be the only person to openly admit I checked "Hell, no..." I don't even know what a "pescatarian" is. (is feeling pathetically "not in the clique" at the moment) I love polls, even when I don't know the answer. :) (Reply to this) (Thread)

joanwilder
2008-10-18 12:04 am UTC (link)

Hey, I was the first 'Hell no.'. I spent I'm not going to tell you how long trying to figure out what 'hénin' was in French. Then when I discovered that it'd been misspelled and was hennin, and so was the English, I was still clueless. I knew it was some sort of hat from the context, but didn't know it was that pointy one like Sleeping Beauty wears--you'll see hennins at Disneyland very soon!

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	veridian_dair 2008-10-18 12:15 am UTC (link)
	wonders how I'd look in a henin...I could get one at any number of gift shops at Disneyland The answer: ridiculous. But no more so than the Jack Sparrow mouse ears I wore around Walt Disney World on my last visit so I could match my son. :-) (Reply to this) (Parent)

	snakeling 2008-10-18 01:23 pm UTC (link)
	WTF, I just looked it up in the TLFi, and you're right, it's supposed to be hennin in French. I've never seen it spelled any other way than "hénin", though. Weird. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	red_day_dawning 2008-10-18 04:16 am UTC (link)
	I'm torn between a "female-donkey" (or do I mean "jenny"/"jennin"?) & a female Medieval/early Renaissance wimple head-dress thing. Or is that a "coif"? Short answer - I don't know! (Reply to this) (Thread)

	joanwilder 2008-10-18 01:25 pm UTC (link)
	You got it, it's the latter! (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

red_day_dawning
2008-10-18 01:57 pm UTC (link)

Oops, I was thinking of "hinny" with the donkey reference. (I looked it up) - a hinny is a cross between a female donkey & a stallion - an ass is a mare & a male donkey. Not that you wanted to know that.
But you know, I'm glad that you posted the question - because up until then I though "Cloistered" was being translated INTO French - so I didn't bother to read it! *headdesk*
It's on my reading list now - something to look forward to!

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	joanwilder 2008-10-18 02:00 pm UTC (link)
	HAAA, oh my, I wonder how many others think that? I promise, it's good ol' down-home English, with a hint of medieval word styling. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	red_day_dawning 2008-10-18 02:11 pm UTC (link)
	I'd imagine I was the only one foolish enough to get it muddled. rolls eyes at self I'm impressed with your ability in another language. A translation task of this size & complexity must be difficult. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	joanwilder 2008-10-18 02:13 pm UTC (link)
	Actually, it's almost an...orgasmic experience for me... :). I love translating, and there isn't much that stops me dead in my tracks. Some of the best Snarry I've ever read was in French, and that's when I translated all of Lychee's stuff. I still have more after this one. But first I'll have to get some writing of my own done. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	ptyx 2008-10-18 04:52 am UTC (link)
	It's a lovely word. I didn't know it, but as a translator, I have Babylon on my PC, so I just have to click on the word to have the translation. (Ha, no, they don't pay me to promote the software ;-) (Reply to this) (Thread)

	joanwilder 2008-10-18 01:24 pm UTC (link)
	yeah, once I knew it was 'hennin', I was fine. It was 'hénin' that was the problem. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	snakeling 2008-10-18 01:21 pm UTC (link)
	I didn't know, then I read the fifth option, and I had an illumination :D Cloister -> Middle Ages -> hennin = hénin, right? (Reply to this) (Thread)

	joanwilder 2008-10-18 01:24 pm UTC (link)
	Well, that was my original problem, because I couldn't find hénin anywhere. But then I considered that it might be misspelled, and that's when I found it's actually 'hennin' in both French and English. See, I knew it was in the Middle Ages, but that still didn't help me. Geez. (Reply to this) (Parent)