daibhidc: (Rincewind)
Daibhid C ([personal profile] daibhidc) wrote2010-08-31 11:41 am
Entry tags:

Discworld Convention 2010

I'm back!

That was brilliant. I managed to meet quite a few afpers, some even to speak to[1], and I even attended the Hedgehog Party for once, although unfortunately I soon realised I was absolutely shattered so I didn't stay long[2] but it was good to see everyone.

The Maskerade was stunning as ever. I didn't enter this time, because I couldn't think of anything as good as my 2008 costume - "Definitely Not The Nac Mac Feegle".

I can't remember who I voted for for Low King, although it wasn't Jen. I wished I had when she exit polled me, because I was impressed she pronounced "Daibhid" correctly (something like "Dayed"). Nobody pronounces "Daibhid" correctly; I never bother pronouncing it correctly.

Talks were good, esp. Jack'n'Ian and Jaqueline Simpson. And the preview of Snuff, the novel after next, still in the proofs stage, was intriguing...

Left on Monday morning, so I missed the Rocky Horror Discworld Show. Since just the idea of it has my brain trying to escape, it's probably just as well.

Photos to come later, probably.

[1]When we were filling in the forms, Mum jokingly suggested that I should give her name as "Daibhid's Mum", since a lot of afpers practically knew her from my discussions, but only by that name. I took her up on it, and it worked; a few people spoke to her because they recognised the name.

[2]The same thing happened with the Rat Racing on Sunday. My metabolism isn't quite geared up for the Con; it expects that, if I insist on doing things in the evening (which I generally don't), they should at least be preceded by a long period of vegetation in the afternoon.

[identity profile] rob-t-firefly.livejournal.com 2010-08-31 10:45 am (UTC)(link)
I'm curious. How do you prefer to pronounce "Daibhid?"

[identity profile] daibhid-c.livejournal.com 2010-08-31 12:48 pm (UTC)(link)
I usually just pronounce it "David". Much like Chris Cwej in the Doctor Who novels, it's simpler than explaining it to people...
(deleted comment)

[identity profile] ssirienna.livejournal.com 2010-08-31 11:26 am (UTC)(link)
Likewise! It had a strange hunting of the Daibhid quality ! I caught sight of you more than once and never seemed to get close enough to say "Hi" :(

Oh well ... there's always 2012 ;)

[identity profile] daibhid-c.livejournal.com 2010-08-31 12:55 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah, that happened a few times with various folks. Either there was a cluster of people in the way, or they looked busy, or (quite often) Mum was away ahead, and by the time I'd attracted her attention so she knew I was stopping, we were past...

[identity profile] ciciaye.livejournal.com 2010-08-31 11:09 am (UTC)(link)
It was nice to get to chat to you for a moment :-) I'm glad you had a good Convention. See you in 2012 hopefully!
john_amend_all: (cleanlife)

[personal profile] john_amend_all 2010-08-31 12:23 pm (UTC)(link)
Ah, so the joking rule of thumb about Gaelic pronunciation I once saw ('if there's an "H", ignore the letter before it') comes through again ;-)

[identity profile] daibhid-c.livejournal.com 2010-08-31 12:53 pm (UTC)(link)
Pretty much, yes; especially if it's in the middle of a word. If it's at the beginning, it indicates that the preceding letter isn't pronnounced the way you thought it was ("bh" is "v", "dh" is "th" and "ch" is ... well, there isn't another way of representing it, but everyone knows that one). If it's at the end it may or may not be pronnounced; this seems to depend on how many vowels there are.