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yeoldenews · 11 months

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I was surprised earlier this week when I came across the word “spicy” (as used to describe rumors/gossip) in an article from 1906, and got curious how old the expression was. After digging around for a few hours, the earliest use of the word in this context I could find was 1845. Interestingly the word “juicy” (same context) appears to have popped up not long after in the mid-1850s.

So I just thought it was very important for all you historical fiction writers out there know that you can have Queen Victoria discuss the juiciest gossip with her ladies in waiting or Millard Fillmore ask for the spicy details and be 100% historically accurate.

(image source: The St. Louis Post Dispatch, July 26, 1884.)

#the english language #slang #the tiffany problem #1840s #1850s #victorian #history

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incorrectskyrimquotes · 1 year

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i havent reopened skyrim but im balls deep in translating cyrillic letters into latin ones bc i decided to model the new character after a corsac fox:

bc pretty and theyre generally native to Kazakhstan so i was looking into Kazakh words for "fox" but my grip on cyrillic isn't great (Namely bc I don't speak any languages that use that alphabet)

its all about that worldbuilding

#i believe theyre also native to other parts of central asia but namely kazakhstan bc yk #big #they can be found in russia too but the russian word for fox (lisa (pronouned lih-sa)) is like #the tiffany problem

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soufre-de-paris · 1 year

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y'all i am having the time of my fucking life

if y'all told me yesterday new-fangled was a term geoffrey fucking chaucer used in 14-fucking-50…!

#geoffrey chaucer #my beloved #old english #adventures in post academic academia #the tiffany problem

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kahuna-burger · 2 years

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My problem with the presentation of the Tiffany problem :

Every time I see the Tiffany Problem described, it's always in terms of "people think Tiffany is a new trendy name" with a very strong undertone of "those morons, such fools not to know it's been a name since 1200, as a nickname for some saint or whatever."

Here's the problem I have with this approach. "People" are in fact RIGHT.

The US Social Security Administration has a fun website feature that will give you popularity information on first names from 1900 to last year. "Tiffany" appears in the top 1000 girls name in 1962, grows rapidly in popularity over the next few years, levels out for a decade or two and is at the end of its decline.

1961 was when the movie "Breakfast at Tiffany's" came out. There is no one named Tiffany in the movie, the title is based on a contemporary joke about an out of towner thinking the famous store was a restaurant. The store itself is named from the LAST name of one of the founders, a very old English name possibly via the Normans, from the same root word as the old girl's name, but not necessarily related.

So the Tiffany Problem at it's core remains unchanged, in that modern audiences find the name weird and jarring in historical fiction. But it's not because "people think" Tiffany is a recent, trendy name, it's because it actually is one, that by wacky coincidence is the same as a very old name, insofar as we can assume either family or first name were actually written that way in Middle English.

(Which, imho, is a way more fun dilemma than the implication or statement that the problem is based on ignorance.)

#completely random #random rants #the tiffany problem #is one of coincidence #not ignorance #no idea why this needed to be written today #maybe i just wanted an excuse to do some very light research

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mywitchcultblr · 2 years

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I just dealing with censorship in my country and fuck now there's a threat of censorship in AO3 from Tiffany G. I'm a Muslim but this shit makes me saying Jesus fucking Christ. Look, perhaps some westerners cannot comprehend it... Because you never really experience hard censorship. But you wouldn't want it... You don't want censorship. Do not vote Tiffany G

She's not your savior... She's NOT and she sounds like a politician from my country

Edit: Tiffany apparently working as a technical support for government organization

#censorship #tiffany g #ao3 #archive of our own #fandom discourse #government #freedom of speech #purity culture #fanwork #fanfic #discourse #china #chinese fans doesn't support her!#pls dont send them hate! the problem is tiffany and the government!#of the people and for the people!

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pratchettquotes · 8 months

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That was the big problem with being a witch. It was up to you. It was always up to you.

Terry Pratchett, Wintersmith

#tiffany aching #wintersmith #discworld #terry pratchett #witches #women #women's work #responsibility #job description #lonely #hard work #up to you #the big problem with being a witch

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fashionsfromhistory · 2 years

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Denim Frock Coat

c.1855

United States

FIDM Museum (Accession Number: 2018.5.109)

Learn more about the history of denim in the United States at this blog post by the FIDM Museum

#frock coat #1850s #menswear #mensfashion #fashion history #historical fashion #19th century #denim #1855 #blue #united states #fidm museum #i love this kind of stuff #tiffany problem but make it FASHION

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marzipanandminutiae · 1 year

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speaking of the Tiffany Problem, I know someone who used to work at a museum where they had to call a local, notable Victorian woman by her full name always

because her first name was Maria, but pronounced “Mariah”

and her last name was Cary

#history #tiffany problem #museum work

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wakewithgiggli · 4 months

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What is name of the principle in writing that describes how some realistic and actually used names are not used because they'd sound implausible to modern readers?

I remember an article discussing this that also mentioned how there was a Victorian fad for nipple rings, but I can't remember the article's source. Every time I try to search for it draws a blank, or the search sites fixate on the nipple rings which is so not the point (but is still a fun detail).

Edit: this is answered, see the reblogs.

#tiffany problem

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silvershewolf247 · 4 months

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Andy: Why are you guys fighting?

Tiffany: Go ahead, tell him about your mistress

Chucky: This has nothing to do with Sare

Tiffany: You have a nickname for her!

Chucky: Oh shit *ducking behind a chair for cover*

Andy: I think I'm going to go back to my closet bedroom

Chucky: That's a good idea

Tiffany: *Throwing dishes* No, he should know what a whore his father is!

Chucky: I'm not his father. HIS FATHER WAS HIT BY A BUS!

#Uncle Charles Au #Andy is a kid here #andy barclay #tiffany valentine #chucky #yes andy has a closet bedroom #this is not a great arrangement for him #also sarah is really hard to make a nickname for #i have another incorrect quote with the same problem

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somecunttookmyurl · 1 year

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ok tumblr someone help me out

i have these horror movie tarot card charms, and for the life of me i cannot place/remember what these two are supposed to be. although these crop up in various places on various products including postcards and downloadable PNGs nothing seems to have a listing of what each one is

whomst the fuck are these people someone please end my suffering

#the other 12? fine. no problem #we've got ghostface / jason / freddy / michael / pennywise / chucky & tiffany #the sanderson sisters / carrie / The Craft gang #edward scissorhands and dr frank n furter #and elvira #all v recognisable #these? not a clue beyond 'idk sexy beetlejuice on a goat?'

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undead-knick-knack · 1 year

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She's going to cause problems on purpose :)

#critical role #cr3 #cr c3 #critrole #critrole memes #bells hells #bell's hells #fearne calloway #chaotic gremlin #she's going to be a problem #tiffany pollard #cr memes #cr shitpost #courtesy of me #cr campaign three #crit role #critrole meme

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dark69wolf · 3 months

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ak1ji · 16 days

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Credit - Me!

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raichett · 1 month

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Funny ACP-verse thought that occurred to me a few days ago:

If "Grian" is an old-sounding name, but "Scar" doesn't register as out-of-place, then that means that 1000 years ago the state of the matter was that Scar was the one cast member in a medieval period drama with the insanely modern sounding name. A "here are our characters: Edward, Henry, Mary, Elizabeth, John, and Kaeylynn" type beat.

#ACP-verse #the tiffany problem fr...

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pratchettquotes · 1 year

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Unlike wizards, witches learn to make do with a little.

Terry Pratchett, The Wee Free Men

#tiffany aching #miss tick #the wee free men #discworld #terry pratchett #wizards #witches #making it #efficiency #creativity #limitations #problem solving #pragmatic #throwing shade #learning the hard way #oneliner

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