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Re: CHAT: Which world? Which culture?

From:Iain E. Davis <feaelin@...>
Date:Saturday, July 12, 2003, 14:26
> Try "living" with them. Imagine yourself in the > place of one your people and work from there. > Trying out ideas here, and in the Conculture > list, are also good ideas. > > Padraic.
Focusing on food helps. Thinking about what resources for food and its preparation there are can really build vocabulary. It will also lead you into agricultural needs (plows, hoes, tools, methods) and THEIR preparation (how are they made? Are the plows wooden, or metal, or wood with metal edges?) Enough about food preparation, how it is gathered, grown, or hunted can come close to filling in the gaps of "a day in the life of ..." and give one plenty of ideas for vocabulary items. :) Iain