Snowflake Challenge: Day Eleven

[tangeriner]

Challenge #11

In your own space, recommend a fannish or creative resource.

I bookmarked a tonne of stuff while writing my pirate AU last year. In no particular order:

Online Etymology Dictionary -- I found this invaluable because it tells you when a word came into use! I had to remove so many words during editing!

Fantasy Guide: Horses, Steeds and Mounts -- also useful when you need your pirate to ride a horse for whatever reason!

The Game is Afloat: Part One and The Game is Afloat: Part Two -- I think this is actually some sort of D&D guide, but it was helpful information for my pirate ship.

Common Sword Types -- also helpful for a sword-wielding pirate.

A Pirate's Glossary of Terms -- I'm not even sure I used any of these words, but it was a fun read.

Comments

[kingstoken]

The Pirate's Glossary was a treat, my favourite was
crack Jenny’s tea cup - To spend the night in a house of ill repute.
Like where did that term even come from?

[tangeriner]

It's honestly a delight. I'm glad you liked it!

[enemytosleep]

Oooooooo stealing all the pirate stuff.

[tangeriner]

It was all very entertaining and useful, which is the best combination! :D

[unavee]

These are all awesome and I am bookmarking. That sword infographic is pretty. I like the horse gifs and useful terms. Browsing through that Pirate Glossary was entertaining.

[tangeriner]

Yay, I'm glad you found them bookmark-worthy! This was definitely some of the most fun and interesting research I've ever had to do.

[deifire]

Oh, these are excellent! The Online Etymology Dictionary is going to be so useful.

[tangeriner]

I found myself just randomly putting words in, out of curiosity. It's such a great resource (that I def discovered as a rec from someone else here on DW).