Harriet Gemmill

Aspiring academic by day, craft raccoon by night. Interested in many things in general; quilts and medieval Chinese gossip in particular.

[Harriet Gemmill @ohhatface]

@m7899211247 Whose white baby is that?

[Xianyang City Bureaucrat @XianyangCB]

Students: "Finally I have mastered enough classical Chinese to study the ancient untranslated esoteric daoist texts."
The ancient untranslated esoteric daoist texts:

[Harriet Gemmill @ohhatface]

@fishercatMaine @Rainmaker1973 But maybe inside, picnic?

[Harry McAnand @harrymcanand]

It’s not that I don’t like Laijitongtou Bojue 垃圾桶头·伯爵 “Count Binhead” as a translation, but I think we’ve missed out on the greater gift that could have been Bingfei Bojue 并非·伯爵 “Count Absolutely Not”

[Harriet Gemmill @ohhatface]

@MrAshCunningham Call them WHAT??

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@lueyee Also the cool bronze inscriptions…

[Harriet Gemmill @ohhatface]

@Mariusj001 祝你身體健康，生活平安！

[Harriet Gemmill @ohhatface]

@Wright99David @MikeFRobinson @SendUnsend So like, did you murder her or are you just a fan of whoever did?

[Harriet Gemmill @ohhatface]

@FredFredSanders May I recommend Mark’s equally excellent book on Cod as a follow-up?

[Harriet Gemmill @ohhatface]

@Mariusj001 Everyone knows that girls love Tyranids

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@DanielDumbrill @lueyee Actually in think it might have been 4kg

[Harriet Gemmill @ohhatface]

@DanielDumbrill @lueyee I did this once and I ended up with 2kg of plums because it turns out that in Xinhiang the common measure is a kilo not a half kilo, but they still say 一斤…

[Harriet Gemmill @ohhatface]

@Mariusj001 I will give that one a try if you think it’s worth it!

[Harriet Gemmill @ohhatface]

@lueyee Rewrite the flag protocols to allow for hanging from any edge, thus lessening the possibility that any group get too comfy

[Harriet Gemmill @ohhatface]

@lueyee I think it’s a great flag

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@lueyee “古”

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@lueyee 美國古史冇