Frederick the Great, Discussion Post 19

[cahn]

Yuletide nominations:

18th Century CE Federician RPF
Maria Theresia | Maria Theresa of Austria
Voltaire
Friedrich II von Preußen | Frederick the Great
Ernst Ahasverus von Lehndorff
Friedrich Heinrich Ludwig von Preußen | Henry of Prussia (1726-1802)
Wilhelmine von Preußen | Wilhelmine of Prussia (1709-1758)
Anna Amalie von Preußen | Anna Amalia of Prussia (1723-1787)
Catherine II of Russia
Hans Hermann von Katte
Peter Karl Christoph von Keith
Michael Gabriel Fredersdorf
August Wilhelm von Preußen | Augustus William of Prussia (1722-1758)

Circle of Voltaire RPF
Emilie du Chatelet
Jeanne Antoinette Poisson (Madame de Pompadour)
John Hervey (1696-1743)
Marie Louise Mignot Denis
Lady Mary Wortley-Montagu
Pierre Louis Moreau de Maupertuis
Armand de Vignerot du Plessis de Richelieu (1696-1788)
Francesco Algarotti

Comments

Re: Lehndorff readalong

[cahn]

OKAY CONSIDER YOURSELF YELLED AT. YOU ARE HERE TO DO GERMAN NOT TO DO RESEARCH OR LOOK AT PICTURES OF DOGS even if they are really cute and awesomely drawn dogs. YOU HAD A QUOTA AND YOU DID NOT MAKE IT.

but I feel bad about yelling at you because I love your notes so much! Can you maybe do the ones where you explain to me what's going on without the research? Cause I am not going to understand what's going on otherwise -- which isn't all that bad, Lehndorff is still a sweetie and still sparkly hearts -- but...

But I really like the idea where you read more of something else to do the actual German practice and maybe read less of this per day! The other reason I like you reading less of this per day (besides that it would be easier for you to liveblog/annotate) is because it is too easy for your German practice... which means... whose German practice is it actually excellent for? :D Seriously... my German has gotten noticeably better in even the last couple of days, because Lehndorff is so repetitive and sometimes formulaic (though mostly because my German is so very shaky and incomplete that it's pretty easy to improve it). I don't usually try to translate his longer musings, just the very formulaic ones right now :) ) But if I have to keep up with you, I don't have time to go through the German at the slow pace I need to!

OK, I've made good headway on this (lol forever to him being confused about Voltaire and Fritz, that's all of us Lehndorff) and I'll do more of it tomorrow :)

Re: Lehndorff readalong

[mildred_of_midgard]

THANK YOU

Yeah, I went to bed last night thinking we're going to have to figure out something different for this readalong.

First of which was, I meant to say this but was in a hurry and forgot:

But if I have to keep up with you, I don't have time to go through the German at the slow pace I need to! Can you maybe do the ones where you explain to me what's going on without the research?

Not if I'm at a computer, no. :P Believe me, I wasn't researching Staatsminister Katte and Marschall because I thought *you* were so interested. Looking things up is a compulsion with me. I can make the best resolutions to limit my googling, and it just. Does. Not Work. It's like gambling or gaming are for some people: it's an addiction for me.

But let's try the weekday/weekend split? Let me know much you think you can do in a week, and I'll let you know if I think I can comment that in a weekend.