DISCUSSION THREAD -- September 2023 -- 75 Word Writing Challenge

Note to self - when I next see Johnny Jet I need to prod him with a pitchfork and blast his jet pack to bits with a RAY GUN of choice, and ideally one with a large power pack to make sure he knows that I've been on the rack for ideas this month. Thankfully I'm almost there and I'll make the deadline, but only just. Vison... it should have been easy to see a way through but with multiple meanings it's not been so easy.

Revenge - a dish best served cold, but not me, I like my food hot... boiling hot....
 
Well, I'm in. I sorta surprised myself this month. All month I was working with a Bible Verse "Without a vision the people perish." I was sure I was going to do something with that. But a few days ago I was watching Invasion on Apple TV and all of a sudden a very new idea bloomed. I hope that at least a few of you enjoy the story.
 
I'm in, and for once without a great deal of angsting and agonising -- I'm usually stumped for a story idea, but this one came to me this morning and it was just a question of licking it into shape. (And then making a lot of changes to make it fit the title, though I'm pretty sure that's the wrong way around to do things...)
 
Oh wow! What a great collection of stories this month.
My long list and short list are the same length!
This certainly won't be decided by lunchtime. :unsure:
 
Partially sighted:
Even the Sighted Are Blind - @Guttersnipe
An Audience with Grimok - @paranoid marvin
To see the world - @Yozh
20 / 20 - @mosaix
Gods of Our Ancestors - @sule
Can’t Unsee It - @Bren G

6/6 Visual acuity *
Fatal vision - @Astro Pen

* According to Specsavers 20/20 is only used in North America, while Europe uses 6/6 for perfect vision
I'll admit I didn't know that :eek:
 
I'm out due to being one word over, which is a bummer, but also my fault so that's the way it goes. I'll vote later as it's been a good month for ideas.
 
M. Robert Gibson said:
Partially sighted:
Even the Sighted Are Blind - @Guttersnipe
An Audience with Grimok - @paranoid marvin
To see the world - @Yozh
20 / 20 - @mosaix
Gods of Our Ancestors - @sule
Can’t Unsee It - @Bren G

6/6 Visual acuity *
Fatal vision - @Astro Pen

* According to Specsavers 20/20 is only used in North America, while Europe uses 6/6 for perfect vision
I'll admit I didn't know that :eek:
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UK here, I've only ever known it as 20/20. That's something learnt today. As is learnt/learned. While I've only ever used the former, I had to just check - the old conundrum where a word doesn't look or sound right. Back to the point, both are past tense of learn - learnt is UK and learned US.
 
Luiglin said:
UK here, I've only ever known it as 20/20. That's something learnt today. As is learnt/learned. While I've only ever used the former, I had to just check - the old conundrum where a word doesn't look or sound right. Back to the point, both are past tense of learn - learnt is UK and learned US.
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This is an interesting one. I use learnt (of course) but sometimes learned seems more appropriate somehow. Trying to think of an example but right now I can’t.

Suppose the best I can come up with is I would write of a ‘learned skill’ when talking of something that had to be done and ‘learnt’ when you’ve actually done it.
 
Phyrebrat said:
This is an interesting one. I use learnt (of course) but sometimes learned seems more appropriate somehow. Trying to think of an example but right now I can’t.

Suppose the best I can come up with is I would write of a ‘learned skill’ when talking of something that had to be done and ‘learnt’ when you’ve actually done it.
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That was my thought when I wrote the above. I used learnt first but that just didn't look or sound correct. Checking proves it is. I agree though, sometimes the alternative use just sounds/reads better.

Having been a HTML/CSS coder for more years than care to mention, color and center still winds me up :LOL:
 
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Luiglin said:
Having been a HTML/CSS coder for more years than care to mention, color and center still winds me up :LOL:
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I would say, on the contrary, that it is surprising how similar US and British English have remained over the 250 years since we parted company. The language as a whole has changed considerably more since 1775 than the few disparities one could pick on with an ear each way in the mid Atlantic.
 
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