COMPLETE: Devil's Dictionary, by Ambrose Bierce - AF/kr
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Peter Why
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 Posted: Sun Feb 05, 2006 8:57 pm Post subject: COMPLETE: Devil's Dictionary, by Ambrose Bierce - AF/kr |
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Complete! All audio files can be found on our catalog page:
http://librivox.org/the-devils-dictionary-by-ambrose-bierce/
The Devil's Dictionary, by Ambrose Bierce.
Gutenberg: http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/972
A collection of cynical and humorous definitions. As a taster, my favourites under the letter "A" are:-
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ACCORD, n. Harmony.
ACCORDION, n. An instrument in harmony with the sentiments of an assassin.
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This book contains a number of entries which nowadays would be found strongly offensive; however, I don't think it's our job to censor the works that we read, so please leave the original text as it is, in this respect.
I think the frequent poems are all written by Bierce himself, so don't worry too much about the pronunciation of the pseudonyms, as long as you're consistent.
edit me
General Comments on reading
1 Each entry has an abbreviation for the part of speech. Please give these in full:
n. - noun
adj. - adjective
v.t. - transitive verb
v.i. - intransitive verb
adv. - adverb
pp. - preposition
pro. / pron. - pronoun
v. - verb
n.pl. - plural noun
p.p. - past participle
x. (for the entry on Hash!  ) - (don't try to name a part of speech here)
2 Correct any obvious typos, e.g.
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ABASEMENT, n. A decent and customary mental attitude in the presence of wealth of power. Peculiarly appropriate in an employee when addressing an employer.
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[Here, "wealth of power" in the Gutenberg text should obviously be "wealth or power"]
3 In general, ignore minor disturbances to the flow, such as "[sic]".
4 Read quotations with a slightly different voice, to separate them from the main text.
The following is just a suggestion. However you handle these situations, please try to be consistent.
4A Precede the authors of the snatches of poetry with "By .."
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Consigned by way of admonition,
His soul forever to perdition.
[By ..] Judibras
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4B Precede the authors of non-poetry quotes with "Attributed to .."
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When in the course of human events it becomes necessary for
people to abridge their king, a decent respect for the opinions of
mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel
them to the separation.
[Attributed to ...] Oliver Cromwell
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4C Precede the names of quoted works by "From .."
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God made the world in six days and was arrested on the seventh.
[From ...] The Unauthorized Version
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Recording:
I've broken the work up into blocks of between 18 and 36 minutes, estimated from my rather slow test reading of the entries for the letter A. My estimate is given as Est, with actual time next to it.
Please make sure that the sample rate of your recording is 44100; we have been having problems with recordings with different sample rates. In Audacity this can be determined from the menu (Edit/Preferences/Quality tab/Default Sample Rate) or when you have a file open, click on the header of the control panel at the left of the sonogram ... then go to Rate at the bottom of the pull-down.
Start each section with:
"This is a Librivox recording. All Librivox recordings are in the public domain. For more information or to volunteer, please contact Librivox dot org. Recording by [your name]. The Devil's Dictionary, by Ambrose Bierce." [If your section has more than one letter, mention it here e.g. "Letters J to L" ]
Then start each letter section with "The letter .... " A, B or whatever.
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End with "End of letter [whatever] in the Devil's Dictionary" ... optionally followed by "Recorded by ...."
[Last updated: 2000 gmt on 16th May / 1100 pst on the 16th May]
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Part Letters Time Reader Status
## Est/Actual
01 Preface
01 ...and A 31 33.16 Peter Why Complete and checked
02 B 20 17.27 ChipDoc Complete and checked
03 C 25 24.13 John Hicken Complete and checked
04 D 22 19.58 TetoYasha Complete and checked
05 E 25 21.29 sihaya_m Complete and checked
06 F 20 24.46 Palaver Complete and checked
07 G 18 20.08 kayray Complete and checked
08 H 23 John Hicken Assigned (24th April)
09 I 36 Denny Complete (5th May), to go for Listening
10 J- L 36 Fox in the Stars Complete (15th May) to go for Listening
11 M 30 29.19 kdevine Complete
12 N,O 20 26.24 gesine Complete and checked
13 P,Q 36 38.26 earthcalling Complete and Checked
14 R 36 40.29 Aldark Complete
15 S 43 56.16 DSayers Complete and checked
16 T 20 18.21 Dreamword Complete and checked.
17 U-Z 28 34.21 Peter Why Complete and checked
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Files and their tags
Save as MP3 files, 128kps, stereo/binaural, with a few seconds of silence at beginning and five seconds of silence at the end of the recording (we're having problems with some players lopping seconds from the ends of our recordings).
MP3 file name: devils_dictionary_##_bierce.mp3 [where ## is the part number]]
ID3 (version 2) tags:
Title: The Devil's Dictionary - Letters U to Z (for example)
Artist: Ambrose Bierce
Album: The Devil's Dictionary.
Track: ## (Part number)
Year: 2006
Genre: Speech
Comment: Recorded by .... (optional).
Please check the Recording Notes thread before recording:
http://librivox.org/forum/viewtopic.php?p=6427#6430
If this is your first recording, you'll also find this useful:
http://librivox.org/wiki/moin.cgi/NewbieGuideToRecording
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Completion date: (originally 1st April) now 1st June
Enjoy yourselves and be cynical!
Thanks,
Peter
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sihaya_m
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Oooh!!
such fun ... sign me up for the letter E please.
thanks
geetu
p.s. what's the target date for completion? |
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Peter Why
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| Posted: Sun Feb 05, 2006 9:33 pm Post subject: |
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geetu,
"E" is yours.
Thanks for reminding me about a completion date. I think we should be able to finish this by the end of March.
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ChipDoc
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| Posted: Sun Feb 05, 2006 9:38 pm Post subject: |
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You might also want to include the link to the Gutenberg text... 
http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/972
And sign me up for the letter B please!
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Peter Why
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Chip,
Thanks for the reminder about Gutenberg; B is yours.
Peter |
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| Posted: Mon Feb 06, 2006 1:17 am Post subject: |
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What a cool project! I'll be the MC, Peter. Can you store the files until this is done? If not, after you've received them and checked them, you can send them on to me via yousendit.
I'll be back to grab a section eventually!
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Peter Why
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| Posted: Mon Feb 06, 2006 7:14 am Post subject: |
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Annie,
Yes, I've plenty of space to store the files. Thanks for offering.
Peter |
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| Posted: Mon Feb 06, 2006 10:58 pm Post subject: |
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| I'd like to have a go at the letter C. I haven't read the dictionary before, but I've just had a quick look at the letter C, and it seems like it could be fun to read. |
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Peter Why
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| Posted: Tue Feb 07, 2006 8:28 am Post subject: |
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John, C is yours.
Thanks, Chip, I'll download shortly.
Peter |
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| Posted: Tue Feb 07, 2006 5:08 pm Post subject: |
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I'd like a nice short one -- how about "G"?
Kara
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Peter - resolutions crumble. I meant to finish one recording before taking on another, but how can I resist this? N, O for me, please.
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Peter Why
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Right, G (edited from mistaken K), N-O, and S are all assigned.
Have fun!
Thanks,
Peter
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| Posted: Tue Feb 07, 2006 8:48 pm Post subject: |
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Did you see my request for "G"? :)
Kara
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