In my museum life (collections staff at a museum that took in 360+/-10ish collections a year) we always had a backlog for just basic intake cataloging because it just takes so.much.time. especially when you get distracted because there's a really cool detail in this one collection and you want to settle in with your laptop and just go over it for hours. Kind of miss it - kind of
“Cataloguing is not a fast process”. THANK YOU. I run a small museum and almost no one appreciates how long it takes to put artifacts in a database! It can be so much work. Also, if anyone is in Canada and looking for similar boxes, you can try Carr McLean or Brodart :)
Even at a library, where I can usually just import the Marc post from a central database, cataloguing still takes time. I imagine that the amount of effort you typically need to spend is comparable to what I need to spend on local publications. Some items are obviously more work than others, just like I typically need to spend more time on the catalogue post for a yearbook than a school newspaper.
Yes. Having worked as a museum collections volunteer and as a school librarian, I have several years' experience with museum and library catalogs and databases! SO MUCH TIME spent making records, and correcting/completing old records when adding them to the digital catalog!
Former small museum employee here, I once spent a full year building a database and cataloguing a couple of thousand objects. And half of the work was transferring entries from an old typed/handwritten catalogue where I “only” had to find the object, photograph it and fill in the blanks!
The process seems somewhat similar to making a (good) Poshmark listing, which takes so much work that I put it off for ages even though it'll make me money.
@@e.urbach7780 I have a backlog of old, incomplete catalogue entries for older local books that need to have their details added. It’s not urgent, since the information is available in a list ordered both by subject and by author elsewhere, but it would be nice to be able to to search for it in the database as well.
I'm flutent in norwegian, irony, sarcasm, typonese, profanity and drunken gibberish, and decent enough in english, danish and swedish to function without a translator.
I didn’t realize those were languages!! In which case I am also fluent in irony, sarcasm, typonese, profanity, and drunken gibberish! In fact, Sarcasm is my native tongue. 🤣🤣😘
I’m from northern Norway, so while I don’t actually speak profanity myself all that often, a less-than-fluent understanding of the language is not an option.
Honestly, I’m really glad that there are people who can afford to pick up antique pieces and preserve them, teach us about them, share the excitement of them. It’s something I simply will never be able to afford to do, so I’m very thankful for people like Abby and Rebecca Maiten (Lady Rebecca Fashions), who do collect as well as share them with us. And it’s also wonderful that these lives are being preserved.
Tip from my sister on languages (she has been fluent in French and Italian with a smattering of Russian) She found that she was losing her Italian. She now watches Italian tv...soap operas...and reads things like Harry Potter in Italian and because Italian and Russian are dissimilar, she does online classes in Russian... French is too close to Italian and since her levels are about the same she can't do French and Italian simultaneously.
@@thebookwyrmslair6757 I learnt about something called language stacking/ language laddering where you can for example if you studied French first and then you want to study let's say Japanese then you get a French book for learning Japanese. I have heard from language learning experts that it can help you distinguish between two very similar languages too like French and Italian - but I haven't tried this myself yet!
@@missmatti It works. But not with French and italian (wich aren't that similar, specially in prosody and phonetics), but in sister languages like italian/romanian or portuguese/spanish. French and italian are more like second cousins.
Had a friend in high school who was bilingual fluent in French and English (grew up speaking both), but was also an advanced student in Latin and German. She once wrote a Latin paper while tired, and it came out in all four languages. Turned it in without realizing it and had a funny comment back from the teacher asking her to rewrite it only in Latin.
My son knows several languages (I think he's up to 13 now) and we'll be having a conversation in English when it suddenly isn't in English anymore on his end because he's drifted off into another language. This normally happens when he's tired. My grandfather, who knew several languages, did the same thing.
The multi-lingual struggle! I'll talk to someone in a language and not realise I drifted off into another (English and Romanian, with sprinklings of French) and it's confusing as fuck for people I'm talking to. Extra points for talking to someone in a language they don't understand because I don't realise I've switched :|
That does seriously rank up there...not only ugly but stupid looking as well. Everyone that wore those dresses looked like they were pregnant with an elephant. I think 1830's styles should be added into the ugliest category.
I saw your pattern at joanns the other day. I got really excited and started showing it to like everybody in the store, saying, "I watch this woman on TH-cam." Then I started talking about how awesome you are and that they should all watch you too.
I've never related to someone so hardcore - from "foreign language brain" to a camera roll full of pet pics to organizing a giant antique clothing collection to starting a self-employed full time job after a scary/unfun "transition" - thank you for existing Abby!!
One day, I’d love a story time about what happened with American Duchess. Seems like there’s some tea there. And like I don’t wanna gossip or talk bad about AD but I wanna know what happened.
Based on the timing, the fact that it happened suddenly (previously stated), and that many of us had a similar thing happen, it seems most likely it was as undramatic as a pandemic lay off. It happened to a lot of us (although it was SARS 2004 that stole my intended career). We have a job we found interesting in our field, and then suddenly lose our income and the future we thought we were building, at a time when finding another job, any job, and especially one that's not front lines pandemic exposure, was/is going to be difficult. It's stressful and upsetting, and there's really nothing worth talking about or dwelling on. If Abby chooses not to offer up the tea, maybe that helps the curiosity?
Yes, really. I was distraught when Aaaaabeeeee disappeared from AD. I was so upset. But you came back! And I’m so happy to hear that you are loving what you are doing now. But I think we have all asked the question WTF happened???? It sounds like it was abrupt and painful so we don’t want to push but when you are ready I think we all want to hear “the story”. I know one day you will find the humor in it and be ready to tell all in your hilariously funny sarcastic way. Also, I love these informal conversational videos. It seems like we are there with you. Watching you catalogue your collection, having a cup of coffee, asking you about things we want to know. I think one of these periodically would be great. Just a conversation about historical clothing and a cup of coffee with Abby. Love it!
I love that you mentioned your "language brain"! I studied French for several years, then took some Japanese classes. My instructor would ask me a question in Japanese, and every so often I'd (unintentionally) answer her in French. She though it was hilarious, as she also spoke French, so she knew I'd understood what she's asked and had answered her, just in the wrong language.
I had the exact same problem, but in reverse! I started studying japanese while taking french classes in school (which I didn't care for) and so struggled to form a french sentence without inserting particles everywhere lol
Heheh yep! It's amazing how your brain doesn't even realise you've switched languages until the class/teacher starts giggling...? 🤦🏻♀️ (I did that in my uni German class, switching accidentally to French partway thru the process of counting to 20... In my defense, at that point I'd done 4 years of French & only 2 months of German?? 😋)
I speak ASL and English and like same. I sometimes lose words in English and just sign. Thankfully my hubby is an interpreter so he sometimes has to interpret for me 😅
Same, except my signing is a weird mix of PSE and “real” ASL. My vocabulary level is about 400-500 words, so...toddler vocabulary. 😂 I think I’m finally losing some of it, which makes me sad. But that’s after a year of mostly isolation, too. Before that? I learned most of my PSE by learning song lyrics. So every once in a while, I start randomly signing song lyrics. Hi.
14:16 I legitimately thought there was a first year trumpet player in your house playing for Tsuba. Imagine my breathless crying laughter when I realized that this was not the case.
"and whether or not there are pockets, cause that's important." That brought me glee :) So does poking my rabbits bleps, and he gives me that same, "I'm glad you amuse yourself at my expense." look Tsubie was giving you.
I once had a large catalog database that became unusable. Luckily, because I overthink things, I put a paper list of each box's contents inside. And affixed one to the outside as well. Recreating my database was a pain, but at least the hard part was already done.
I know basic conversational French, and one time I tried to learn Spanish on Duolingo. Instead of translating from Spanish to English, I kept wanting to translate from Spanish to French. It was like my brain said, "Oooh! Foreign language! Must activate the non-English sector!"
Girl, I feel this! I've been married for 5 years, my husband is a native Spanish speaker, I grew up across the street from native Spanish speakers, and here I am still not completely fluent. I'm like at an intermediate level. Well, I can hold a decent conversation, but past tense and future tense kick my butt. 🥴 I also watch an insane amount of anime in Japanese and so my brain has picked up on it, so sometimes I can't think of the word in English or Spanish and it comes out in Japanese. 😂🤷♀️
Being able to remember a word in one language but not the others (or just not knowing the equivalent term in those other languages) is a normal part of being multilingual.
I adore this video because it fills in so many cracks. I would have loved to know what made you interested in clothing and historical clothing. Maybe I missed this part of your story, where your love for textiles occurred. Also, what is your favorite fabric?
I don't think I ever explained it, but I've always liked clothes, and when I was in theatre getting into the costumes was always my favorite part of the rehearsal process. In university, I was taking Costume 101 and I told my professor that I wanted to know what people *really* wore and what made it accurate/not and she told me to take some art history classes. One semester later, I changed my degree and started consuming everything I could about costume and dress history. I also wanted to learn how they *really* made the clothes, which lead me to an internship at Colonial Williamsburg, and because of that, I've always mixed making based on historical techniques and research with academic written source-based worked. I learned how to sew to be a better historian, so I could better understand the antiques that I would study...and I then realized that I also really like sewing and making. :) Favorite fabric depends on what I'm doing/making. My least favorite (natural) fabric to work with is quilting weight cotton. 😊
@@AbbyCox I am currently finishing up my degree in Arts and Humanities and have really developed a passion for dress history in the past year, and I would love a video about your experience/process interning at Colonial WIlliamsburg and what that was like! I am in the process of applying now to a couple but more likely I want to try to get an internship there after I graduate in December so I can move there and work full time. Also if there are any other living history internship programs out there that do trades because they are surprisingly difficult to find.
I think ‘language brain’ is a real thing, and mine is failing me 😂 I used to live in a french speaking country for 8 years and was basically fluent, but now I have moved back to UK and don’t speak/hear it constantly it’s like the language is just falling out my brain
Excited about the hint about Nicole & the riding habit ! (#goals!) Loved the doggo content, especially the "blep" with you touching your pup's tongue & her giving you the 'Oh, mother!!!' hairy eyeball ! ;)
I know it doesn't really fit in with the rest of your TH-cam channel but I'd love to watch a video or series where you talk about more businessy stuff! You seem really passionate about it and no matter the content if you honestly enjoy something it always makes for good viewing.
I'm Dutch, so people who only speak one language are so weird to me! Like, what do you mean you don't speak (steenkolen) English, enough German to get by, 'vacation' French, a little Italian because it was mandatory at school and a little bit of Chinese from that course you took one time? (And Dutch of course if you're me)
French here, German parent, currently teaching French in the UK. Kids can't really wrap their heads around the fact I am fluent in 3 languages, that I speak Italian conversationally, and that I know enough Russian to ask for directions, order food and read a concert program. They then try and say "But we speak English, and that's a much harder language !", as if that were an excuse for having a poor language teaching system lol. Plus, English isn't that hard, and it's their mother tongue. I always joke that European culture is using English in a conversation out of courtesy for the monolingual Brit in the group, when the conversation could virtually be in four other languages at once and no one would bat an eye, apart from them.
I can travel 3000 miles (4000 Km) before I run into a country where they speak a different language, in addition to my own. In some ways the lack of American's bilingual scope is mostly a reflection of the enormous size of our nation. We have states like Europe has nations. only all our states speak the same language.
@@Aussieloz1 Also half Dutch, but born and raised in the US. Took four years of German in high school and discovered that I could mostly follow along with spoken Dutch when visiting relatives in the Netherlands.
@@Loweene_Ancalimon Apparently the pandemic border closures has had an affect on that "default to English" thing. A Canadian friend got residency in Norway for a job, and since they closed the borders, she's been noticing that the country seems to have reverted entirely to interacting in Norwegian - since anyone there now is a citizen or resident. Her accent obviously gives her away as English first language, and previously people would switch to English for her. Now they're not on the lookout for people who don't speak Norwegian easily, she's got the opportunity to get enough words out that it's apparent she's not going to waste their time fumbling with the language. Myself, being an English speaker in Ottawa or Montreal, particularly during tourist season, (when travel was a thing) I got next to no opportunity to speak French. Exactly the opposite of what you're told will be the case. Anyone in a customer facing job is bilingual, and even the least competent at speaking English can speak the phrases relevant to their job, far better than I can cobble together a grammatically absurd, and only vaguely comprehensible sounding sentence in French. Fortunately if I greet them in French, I'll get handed the French menu to read, giving me some practice, on easy mode, as I can read a line as many times as necessary to parse it. Maybe by the time I can travel again, all the time watching Netflix in French during my quarantine boredom, will have sunk into my brain some.
Every now and then my goofy dog will toot while licking himself/chewing on his leg, and then give his back-end the most baffled look. "Like, what was that? Did I do that?" He also likes to "chew" on my arm when I'm giving him pets.
9:50 this was the same plaid as my Catholic school uniform and its far more popular than I thought it was. As a kid we thought it was ugly because of course we hated our uniforms, but I recently found an Eddie Bauer blanket with it and its growing on me.
@@ragnkja I don't think so. It was pretty standard skirt and blouse. We just all pretty much thought the plaid was ugly when compared to other schools who had red, blue, or green plaid. It seemed like a full throw up of colors. But I kind of dig it now. It was unique and easy to pick out what school it was from.
I went to Catholic schools too. Hated the uniforms, but always loved plaids. Similar feelings about this dress. Idk if it's because I'm of mostly Scottish and Irish descent, so I'm therefore required to stan all things plaid or if it's just my personal asthetic.
Thank you for the boxing times, and question answering. I appreciate your cheerful & honest answers. I like the friendly casual videos, especially in times of extended isolation.
Right there with you on wanting to speak more than one language and being challenged in doing so. Thanks for sharing how you archive your vintage items. I might follow your lead with more recent (1980-2000) items that I'm holding onto just because I like them!
What you said about mixing languages in your mind...I do that. I know some Spanish and more German (I lived there for two years). So in my mind I will form a sentence that is an English/German/Spanish hybrid. And it makes perfect sense to me until I try to speak it. LOL BTW-I love the casual, chatty video. And your dogs! It's nice to know that I'm not the only one with dogs that demand attention no matter what is going on.
I know this feeling! My German professor would call on me, and I'd answer in the wrong foreign language. He asked me to repeat the answer, and I repeated it in straight German. It wasn't until a few weeks in that I realized why he was always asking me to repeat myself. 🤭
As a trilingual, I feel your pain, if you felt like continuing studying either French or Swedish the mixing would happen less, not gone completely but happens less! Also I loooooved this video!
Abby! Congratulations on your first year on TH-cam!! Also - I’m making the belemnite dress! Saw your video and that pattern has been living rent free in my brain ever since. Currently nearly finished the bodice, but I’m sewing everything by hand so it’s a labour of love ❤️
I just want to say as someone born in Noblesville Indiana but raised in a small Central KY town its really cool seeing someone from the same part of the country as me I to historic clothing
When I was at school, there was one year we had to take two languages at then at the end of the year we could drop one; that whole year I spent getting the two languages very confused and mixed up
Not to judge, but that sounds like the worst way to learn a new language. I remember learning my second language and it was hard enough learning both the local dialect and the proper language at the same time and it even had a detrimental effect on my native english; can't imagine trying to keep two separate languages straight and maintain my own 😶
@@911nmg Nice! Are you from Quebec?? However, vastly different than learning a secondary language, since much more of our early learning is done via mimicry and assimilation than our later learning. I am excited to see how my nephews progress through their language journeys, as one of my younger brothers lives near his in-laws who speak Spanish and the other lives nextdoor to my parents who speak English.
@@rd6203 I'm actually from Spain and I speak six languages fluently even though my family is all spanish. We have a thing for languages though, my mum speaks 4, my father 5, and both me and my sister 6
First congratulations on your one year. I said it then and it's still true you were one of the best things to happen during this pandemic. Also sorry you had to go through the rough spot with AD. Also loved the plaid dress
I'm so happy that I found your channel! I'm a huge history nerd and even more so when it comes to clothing and music (the order depends on the day). I've been hooked for a few moths now and I'm pretty sure that I found you through a mention from Bernadette. Also, thank you for introducing me to the term "struggle bus." I have my multipass and I use it regularly. Lots of love to you!
I really felt your answer to the language question! My French and Swedish are similar levels, French from school and Swedish from living there and from past relationships. I'm more confident at Swedish and more willing to speak it but I'm very shy with French.
Loved the video, Abby! The stuff about your dogs was absolutely top tier, chef's kiss. So funny! And I cannot wait to see your 1890's project! I am sure it will be great.
You had me cracking up while you played with Suba's tongue. That's EXACTLY what I do with doggos and it gets me every time. Thank you for the much needed laughter until I was crying. I know a smattering of French (6 years of it), Scots-Gaelic, Swahili, American Sign Language and am doing French, German, Italian, and Scots Gaelic on Duolingo. I definitely understand the multi language confusion! Thanks for demonstrating how you fold in sleeves, I have some altering to do to how our 19th century clothing from my ancestors is all packed!
Loved seeing Morgan and Beryl get little shout outs! I love the plaid outfit you were photographing at the beginning. I couldn’t collect old clothes because I would want to wear them!
Abby your dogs made my DAY. They’re so cute! Congrats on the first year anniversary of your channel! I love your videos so much, you have a wonderful energy that makes me smile every time you post. Also I totally understand the mixing languages thing, my first language is French and I like to think that I’m fluent in English lol. I’m basically just speaking both languages at the same time all the time haha! (And I just keep forgetting the French word for certain things these days, I’m spending too much time in the internet, and English is just slowly taking over my brain.) Anyway, keep up the good work! You’re amazing!
You are so adorable and funny and informative! I loved your sewing techniques video. We are never too old to learn something new! So thank you for educating us in a humorous way! P.S. Your dogs are so cute!
I relate to that. My German is not what it used to be, at least speaking wise, I can still understand written texts but when I need to say something I just can't. And sometimes it just gets mixed up, if I use more languages in short time. I started learning English as a first foreign language when I was 7 and I started German when I was 13 and on university I have to learn to read in Latin, which is fun, but really hard. And I can also speak another language that is quite similar to my mother language. But I would really like to speak italian, so maybe one day... What really helps brushing them up is watching movies and tv shows, or just listening to some play or book adapted for radio, or something. And sometimes I use unknowingly words that I didn't know I knew before. Which is terryfing because I use them in context I heard them probably, so I'm always terryfied after that I used them the wrong way.
My grandmother is from Louisville. Her maternal line were Irish and German immigrants in the Portland - Shippingport area. Her father was from Muncie. Most of my family that’s still in the area are in Sellersburg.
In my school we have 3 compulsory foreign languages (English, French and German) and we can add Spanish and Italian. I don't have the problem you discribe, but sometimes if I don't know a word in French, I take the English word and "French it up" a little.
Great video! I think I have mentioned it before, but I would just like to say again how much I appreciate that someone is putting Calamityware on TH-cam. ❤
Omg Gryff's method of attention grabbing is the same as my mum's labrador x staffy, it's so funny how gentle but determined they can be when it comes to attention. So needy.
I finished my last college french class a week before starting a three month study abroad in a Spanish speaking country, and I got teased so much by my Spanish teachers for pronouncing words with a french accent! Also they get mixed up a lot in my head too you are not the only one lol
This was great, more of these videos-Q&A while doing databasing work. This video was a huge dose of laughter and calm when I know I should be doing my own databasing for my PhD. In other words, give me more reason to procrastinate Abby. Xx
Honestly makes me smile to see Kentuckiana represented in the historical costuming community, even though you don't live there anymore! Along with many others, just curious which "tiny" town you grew up in? Reminds me that small town people can do big things ;) Love that you share real life content & encourage the pursuit of learning.
I've been fascinated with the history of costume since I was a young girl, over 40yrs ago. I dreamt of owning an antique clothing cache. You exceed me in your sewing proficiency. You are living one of my dreams! Bless you! I'm glad to see your lovely collection properly catalogued and stored.
LOL I was born and raised in Louisville, KY. I also lived in New Albany, Jeffersonville, and Clarksville when I became and adult. I now live with my husband 1 1/2 hour south of Louisville.
I always wanted to be better at languwitches then i am but i realy struggel to get them to stick and im realy dyslexic when i started going death we started lerning bsl (britsh) so we sine as we speek and that seams to have stuck so much more so maybe asl (amrican) is worth a try
I'm totally with you that it's hard to do youtube which is a FULL time job and trying to do basically anything else lol but it does look like there's a new pattern company getting ready to be started? I LOVE that your getting to work with a friend, I'd kill for the help lololololol I really love some of the dresses you've shown and I'm sooooo hoping there's patterns for these dresses being created because they're gorgeous!
The languages thing is so funny because I totally experience that too! Being from Europe it's fairly common to know more than one language, especially in the age of social media and internet and stuff. My mother tongue is Dutch, and I live very close to the German border and had German in school for three years. I'm now doing my sixth year of French and while I am in no way fluent I do understand and read it quite well. And English is basically my second language, I learned it on my own and we got it in school from like age 9 or 10. So now, especially when speaking French, sometimes there is German in it, sometimes when speaking Dutch I forget half my words and basically speak Dunglish, it's such a mess sometimes! Also; your dogs are freaking adorable!!!
another hour on Sunday finely spent on you an Nicole, thank you. Now about that language thing, I learned German and Latin in high school, and had to take Spanish in college, I've never worked so hard for a gpa busting F in my life as those Spanish classes. 30 years in the southwest and pretty much all i know is the swear words and how to order a beer, I dont drink beer. So many times that someone asks something and German is the answer my brain does first.
It was lovely hanging out with you! I don’t speak any other languages although I took German for two years in high school and I’m ashamed by how much I don’t remember. But I do know ASL. I often find myself wanting to sign words to people who speak Spanish or other languages that don’t understand English well. I think that is a common issue.
Oh hey, she's a Hoosier! I didn't know that. Hey there fellow Hoosier! I live in Indiana, have my whole life, so its awesome to see that someone from here has done something cool with their life!
I completely understand your hatred of being monolingual!! You got me right in the feels, there. I’m going to either invest in Rosetta Stone or an immersion course at some point because the other options just haven’t worked for me. I’d love to learn Italian, Norwegian, and Irish. The former so I can read The Inferno in Italian (and because my spouse is semi-fluent), and the latter two for ancestral reasons. I love learning more about your collection. Every piece you’ve shown has something special or unique about it! I adore vintage and antique clothing, particularly, because I feel such a connection to the people who made it and wore it...almost like time travel, in a way? It’s difficult to put into words, but I know you understand the feeling based on your videos. Which items in your collection do you feel that connection with most? I’m obsessed with your socks. I believe they have some salty text on the soles? If that is correct, then I have the same pair!! I’ve had a thing for crazy/wild socks since I was a kid, and my dad frequently buys them for me for Christmas presents. I was gifted several pairs of salty socks a couple of years ago, including the aforementioned and a pair covered in middle fingers flipping the bird. They’re my favorites!! Much love, and see you in a couple of weeks.
They're Blue Q Socks and these say "I"m a Delicate F*cking Flower" on them 😂😂😂 I *love* novelty socks and definitely went through a Blue Q sock gift giving phase for all of my friends. And yes, the old clothes and feeling people and who they were - that's very much it (in fact I went on and on about this when filming, but I cut it out for time) - I don't know if I have connection with one more than another, but I have some favorites, like the full 1870s outfit where the wearer had scoliosis, and seeing her unique body come out of the clothes, and realizing that while the person will always be nameless, we were able to learn something about her. It made that outfit really special and precious. Best of luck with the languages! Norway has a few different languages/dialects but the main Norwegian language is a lot like Swedish, so grammatically it's pretty similar to English, which makes it a lot easier. ❤️
@@AbbyCox YES!!! I have the same socks!! I knew you’d know what I meant. Being able to know something about that specific stranger over a century or more of time is really special! Though there’s the little part of my brain that has to laugh... What if this object I think is so cool was the person’s (who originally owned it) least favorite thing and they’re somewhere looking on in utter disgust? I ignore that snarky bitch.
I think the biggest grammatical difference between Norwegian and English is that Norwegian has noun-adjective agreement but not subject-verb agreement, whereas in English it’s the other way around. Not all adjectives have different forms depending on the gender and number of the noun, but most of the common ones do. Fortunately it’s a relatively simple pattern, with all plurals taking the same form regardless of gender.
You should check out the Refold method! It's not for everyone (and ot might be hard to pull off for irish) but it has helped me improve my japanese more than any course/textbook ever did!
From an Italian native speaker, if you mean the Inferno by Dante Alighieri, please remember that it was written in 1300... Modern Italian isnt going to be enough to understand it fluently, I study literature in university and I can't read it fluently, and my professors only can because they studied it extensively... It's very complex, archaic language, you'd need a paraphrase aside. Just wanted to warn you so that you didn't go to all the trouble and then found out there was a catch, that wouldn't be funny at all😅
“I don’t bake because of the altitude” I totally feel that! I love to bake and have lived at altitude for 7 years and am still trying to figure it out. Practically all recipes need to be changed
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“Cataloging is not a fast process”
And all the librarians said amen.
In my museum life (collections staff at a museum that took in 360+/-10ish collections a year) we always had a backlog for just basic intake cataloging because it just takes so.much.time. especially when you get distracted because there's a really cool detail in this one collection and you want to settle in with your laptop and just go over it for hours. Kind of miss it - kind of
Not just amen, but also hallelujah, said the cataloguer from the library.
“Cataloguing is not a fast process”. THANK YOU. I run a small museum and almost no one appreciates how long it takes to put artifacts in a database! It can be so much work. Also, if anyone is in Canada and looking for similar boxes, you can try Carr McLean or Brodart :)
Even at a library, where I can usually just import the Marc post from a central database, cataloguing still takes time. I imagine that the amount of effort you typically need to spend is comparable to what I need to spend on local publications. Some items are obviously more work than others, just like I typically need to spend more time on the catalogue post for a yearbook than a school newspaper.
Yes. Having worked as a museum collections volunteer and as a school librarian, I have several years' experience with museum and library catalogs and databases! SO MUCH TIME spent making records, and correcting/completing old records when adding them to the digital catalog!
Former small museum employee here, I once spent a full year building a database and cataloguing a couple of thousand objects. And half of the work was transferring entries from an old typed/handwritten catalogue where I “only” had to find the object, photograph it and fill in the blanks!
The process seems somewhat similar to making a (good) Poshmark listing, which takes so much work that I put it off for ages even though it'll make me money.
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I have a backlog of old, incomplete catalogue entries for older local books that need to have their details added. It’s not urgent, since the information is available in a list ordered both by subject and by author elsewhere, but it would be nice to be able to to search for it in the database as well.
I'm flutent in norwegian, irony, sarcasm, typonese, profanity and drunken gibberish, and decent enough in english, danish and swedish to function without a translator.
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I didn’t realize those were languages!! In which case I am also fluent in irony, sarcasm, typonese, profanity, and drunken gibberish! In fact, Sarcasm is my native tongue. 🤣🤣😘
I’m from northern Norway, so while I don’t actually speak profanity myself all that often, a less-than-fluent understanding of the language is not an option.
I suppose there's also autocorrectorian
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Honestly, I’m really glad that there are people who can afford to pick up antique pieces and preserve them, teach us about them, share the excitement of them. It’s something I simply will never be able to afford to do, so I’m very thankful for people like Abby and Rebecca Maiten (Lady Rebecca Fashions), who do collect as well as share them with us.
And it’s also wonderful that these lives are being preserved.
Tip from my sister on languages (she has been fluent in French and Italian with a smattering of Russian)
She found that she was losing her Italian.
She now watches Italian tv...soap operas...and reads things like Harry Potter in Italian and because Italian and Russian are dissimilar, she does online classes in Russian...
French is too close to Italian and since her levels are about the same she can't do French and Italian simultaneously.
Great tip!
@@thebookwyrmslair6757 I learnt about something called language stacking/ language laddering where you can for example if you studied French first and then you want to study let's say Japanese then you get a French book for learning Japanese. I have heard from language learning experts that it can help you distinguish between two very similar languages too like French and Italian - but I haven't tried this myself yet!
@@missmatti It works. But not with French and italian (wich aren't that similar, specially in prosody and phonetics), but in sister languages like italian/romanian or portuguese/spanish. French and italian are more like second cousins.
Had a friend in high school who was bilingual fluent in French and English (grew up speaking both), but was also an advanced student in Latin and German. She once wrote a Latin paper while tired, and it came out in all four languages. Turned it in without realizing it and had a funny comment back from the teacher asking her to rewrite it only in Latin.
That's hilarious!
My son knows several languages (I think he's up to 13 now) and we'll be having a conversation in English when it suddenly isn't in English anymore on his end because he's drifted off into another language. This normally happens when he's tired. My grandfather, who knew several languages, did the same thing.
The multi-lingual struggle! I'll talk to someone in a language and not realise I drifted off into another (English and Romanian, with sprinklings of French) and it's confusing as fuck for people I'm talking to. Extra points for talking to someone in a language they don't understand because I don't realise I've switched :|
And in Latin, German and English some words are quite similar but with different spelling, so that's fun too.
Yup. This is brain braining normally. The more languages you know, the more languages you mix up every now and again.
I saw the question about the ugliest fashion history trend in the thumbnail and my mind immediately went to Regency court dress 😁
That does seriously rank up there...not only ugly but stupid looking as well. Everyone that wore those dresses looked like they were pregnant with an elephant.
I think 1830's styles should be added into the ugliest category.
@@meacadwell But 1830's styles are wonderful precisely because they are so ugly; it's a love-to-hate type of thing.
Mine went to the puff sleeves she dislikes .
Same
I saw your pattern at joanns the other day. I got really excited and started showing it to like everybody in the store, saying, "I watch this woman on TH-cam." Then I started talking about how awesome you are and that they should all watch you too.
I've never related to someone so hardcore - from "foreign language brain" to a camera roll full of pet pics to organizing a giant antique clothing collection to starting a self-employed full time job after a scary/unfun "transition" - thank you for existing Abby!!
One day, I’d love a story time about what happened with American Duchess. Seems like there’s some tea there. And like I don’t wanna gossip or talk bad about AD but I wanna know what happened.
She’s mentioned being burnt out on 18th century stuff, so it might be something as simple as that.
Based on the timing, the fact that it happened suddenly (previously stated), and that many of us had a similar thing happen, it seems most likely it was as undramatic as a pandemic lay off. It happened to a lot of us (although it was SARS 2004 that stole my intended career). We have a job we found interesting in our field, and then suddenly lose our income and the future we thought we were building, at a time when finding another job, any job, and especially one that's not front lines pandemic exposure, was/is going to be difficult. It's stressful and upsetting, and there's really nothing worth talking about or dwelling on. If Abby chooses not to offer up the tea, maybe that helps the curiosity?
Yes, really. I was distraught when Aaaaabeeeee disappeared from AD. I was so upset. But you came back! And I’m so happy to hear that you are loving what you are doing now. But I think we have all asked the question WTF happened???? It sounds like it was abrupt and painful so we don’t want to push but when you are ready I think we all want to hear “the story”. I know one day you will find the humor in it and be ready to tell all in your hilariously funny sarcastic way. Also, I love these informal conversational videos. It seems like we are there with you. Watching you catalogue your collection, having a cup of coffee, asking you about things we want to know. I think one of these periodically would be great. Just a conversation about historical clothing and a cup of coffee with Abby. Love it!
I think it was as simple as she was going a different direction and wanted to do her own thing 🤷♀️
I came here to ask the same thing. No pressure of course, if she doesn't want to talk about it, I'm just curious and want to know all the gossip!
I love that you mentioned your "language brain"! I studied French for several years, then took some Japanese classes. My instructor would ask me a question in Japanese, and every so often I'd (unintentionally) answer her in French. She though it was hilarious, as she also spoke French, so she knew I'd understood what she's asked and had answered her, just in the wrong language.
I had the exact same problem, but in reverse! I started studying japanese while taking french classes in school (which I didn't care for) and so struggled to form a french sentence without inserting particles everywhere lol
Heheh yep! It's amazing how your brain doesn't even realise you've switched languages until the class/teacher starts giggling...? 🤦🏻♀️ (I did that in my uni German class, switching accidentally to French partway thru the process of counting to 20... In my defense, at that point I'd done 4 years of French & only 2 months of German?? 😋)
I speak ASL and English and like same. I sometimes lose words in English and just sign. Thankfully my hubby is an interpreter so he sometimes has to interpret for me 😅
Same, except my signing is a weird mix of PSE and “real” ASL. My vocabulary level is about 400-500 words, so...toddler vocabulary. 😂 I think I’m finally losing some of it, which makes me sad. But that’s after a year of mostly isolation, too. Before that? I learned most of my PSE by learning song lyrics. So every once in a while, I start randomly signing song lyrics.
Hi.
Oh my gosh and especially when you can't think of a word but can sign it, but if it's opposite and you can't spell. 😱
14:16 I legitimately thought there was a first year trumpet player in your house playing for Tsuba. Imagine my breathless crying laughter when I realized that this was not the case.
"and whether or not there are pockets, cause that's important." That brought me glee :)
So does poking my rabbits bleps, and he gives me that same, "I'm glad you amuse yourself at my expense." look Tsubie was giving you.
I once had a large catalog database that became unusable. Luckily, because I overthink things, I put a paper list of each box's contents inside. And affixed one to the outside as well. Recreating my database was a pain, but at least the hard part was already done.
I know basic conversational French, and one time I tried to learn Spanish on Duolingo. Instead of translating from Spanish to English, I kept wanting to translate from Spanish to French. It was like my brain said, "Oooh! Foreign language! Must activate the non-English sector!"
Fun fact from a packaging designer: The style of the archival box you assembled is a 2 side rollover tray with a telescoping lid.
Girl, I feel this! I've been married for 5 years, my husband is a native Spanish speaker, I grew up across the street from native Spanish speakers, and here I am still not completely fluent. I'm like at an intermediate level. Well, I can hold a decent conversation, but past tense and future tense kick my butt. 🥴 I also watch an insane amount of anime in Japanese and so my brain has picked up on it, so sometimes I can't think of the word in English or Spanish and it comes out in Japanese. 😂🤷♀️
Being able to remember a word in one language but not the others (or just not knowing the equivalent term in those other languages) is a normal part of being multilingual.
My spanish is at about that level, but I made the mistake of trying German in college. Never made past the first class, bit I still get them mixed up!
I adore this video because it fills in so many cracks. I would have loved to know what made you interested in clothing and historical clothing. Maybe I missed this part of your story, where your love for textiles occurred. Also, what is your favorite fabric?
I don't think I ever explained it, but I've always liked clothes, and when I was in theatre getting into the costumes was always my favorite part of the rehearsal process. In university, I was taking Costume 101 and I told my professor that I wanted to know what people *really* wore and what made it accurate/not and she told me to take some art history classes. One semester later, I changed my degree and started consuming everything I could about costume and dress history. I also wanted to learn how they *really* made the clothes, which lead me to an internship at Colonial Williamsburg, and because of that, I've always mixed making based on historical techniques and research with academic written source-based worked. I learned how to sew to be a better historian, so I could better understand the antiques that I would study...and I then realized that I also really like sewing and making. :)
Favorite fabric depends on what I'm doing/making. My least favorite (natural) fabric to work with is quilting weight cotton. 😊
@@AbbyCox I am currently finishing up my degree in Arts and Humanities and have really developed a passion for dress history in the past year, and I would love a video about your experience/process interning at Colonial WIlliamsburg and what that was like! I am in the process of applying now to a couple but more likely I want to try to get an internship there after I graduate in December so I can move there and work full time. Also if there are any other living history internship programs out there that do trades because they are surprisingly difficult to find.
I think ‘language brain’ is a real thing, and mine is failing me 😂 I used to live in a french speaking country for 8 years and was basically fluent, but now I have moved back to UK and don’t speak/hear it constantly it’s like the language is just falling out my brain
Could you maybe do a 1800’s Ravenclaw dress? You can pick what decade
Yesssssss
Excited about the hint about Nicole & the riding habit ! (#goals!)
Loved the doggo content, especially the "blep" with you touching your pup's tongue & her giving you the 'Oh, mother!!!' hairy eyeball ! ;)
Same. I squealed in delight. Now that the witchy dress is done, we NEED a recreation of awesome riding habit with trousers!
I know it doesn't really fit in with the rest of your TH-cam channel but I'd love to watch a video or series where you talk about more businessy stuff! You seem really passionate about it and no matter the content if you honestly enjoy something it always makes for good viewing.
I'm Dutch, so people who only speak one language are so weird to me! Like, what do you mean you don't speak (steenkolen) English, enough German to get by, 'vacation' French, a little Italian because it was mandatory at school and a little bit of Chinese from that course you took one time? (And Dutch of course if you're me)
I'm half Dutch but was born and raised in Australia in an English speaking household. I therefore never learned any Dutch and it's so frustrating.
French here, German parent, currently teaching French in the UK. Kids can't really wrap their heads around the fact I am fluent in 3 languages, that I speak Italian conversationally, and that I know enough Russian to ask for directions, order food and read a concert program. They then try and say "But we speak English, and that's a much harder language !", as if that were an excuse for having a poor language teaching system lol. Plus, English isn't that hard, and it's their mother tongue.
I always joke that European culture is using English in a conversation out of courtesy for the monolingual Brit in the group, when the conversation could virtually be in four other languages at once and no one would bat an eye, apart from them.
I can travel 3000 miles (4000 Km) before I run into a country where they speak a different language, in addition to my own. In some ways the lack of American's bilingual scope is mostly a reflection of the enormous size of our nation. We have states like Europe has nations. only all our states speak the same language.
@@Aussieloz1 Also half Dutch, but born and raised in the US. Took four years of German in high school and discovered that I could mostly follow along with spoken Dutch when visiting relatives in the Netherlands.
@@Loweene_Ancalimon Apparently the pandemic border closures has had an affect on that "default to English" thing. A Canadian friend got residency in Norway for a job, and since they closed the borders, she's been noticing that the country seems to have reverted entirely to interacting in Norwegian - since anyone there now is a citizen or resident. Her accent obviously gives her away as English first language, and previously people would switch to English for her. Now they're not on the lookout for people who don't speak Norwegian easily, she's got the opportunity to get enough words out that it's apparent she's not going to waste their time fumbling with the language.
Myself, being an English speaker in Ottawa or Montreal, particularly during tourist season, (when travel was a thing) I got next to no opportunity to speak French. Exactly the opposite of what you're told will be the case. Anyone in a customer facing job is bilingual, and even the least competent at speaking English can speak the phrases relevant to their job, far better than I can cobble together a grammatically absurd, and only vaguely comprehensible sounding sentence in French. Fortunately if I greet them in French, I'll get handed the French menu to read, giving me some practice, on easy mode, as I can read a line as many times as necessary to parse it.
Maybe by the time I can travel again, all the time watching Netflix in French during my quarantine boredom, will have sunk into my brain some.
Every now and then my goofy dog will toot while licking himself/chewing on his leg, and then give his back-end the most baffled look. "Like, what was that? Did I do that?" He also likes to "chew" on my arm when I'm giving him pets.
9:50 this was the same plaid as my Catholic school uniform and its far more popular than I thought it was. As a kid we thought it was ugly because of course we hated our uniforms, but I recently found an Eddie Bauer blanket with it and its growing on me.
Might your dislike of the school uniform be related to the cut of it?
@@ragnkja I don't think so. It was pretty standard skirt and blouse. We just all pretty much thought the plaid was ugly when compared to other schools who had red, blue, or green plaid. It seemed like a full throw up of colors. But I kind of dig it now. It was unique and easy to pick out what school it was from.
I went to Catholic schools too. Hated the uniforms, but always loved plaids. Similar feelings about this dress.
Idk if it's because I'm of mostly Scottish and Irish descent, so I'm therefore required to stan all things plaid or if it's just my personal asthetic.
@@sarahtaylor4264 I loooove plaid. This one took my whole life to get used to I guess haha
Thank you for being so honest and open to talking about this stuff with us. I am constantly learning from you.
I love Sundays, because you post!!! Yay!!!
LOVED the vlog style video, thanks for mixing it up!
A visit with Abby and her dresses followed by some new Nicole, perfect Sunday afternoon!
Thank you for the boxing times, and question answering. I appreciate your cheerful & honest answers. I like the friendly casual videos, especially in times of extended isolation.
Thank you for answering my questions! This was such a fun video and I loved learning more about you and your archiving process😃
Right there with you on wanting to speak more than one language and being challenged in doing so. Thanks for sharing how you archive your vintage items. I might follow your lead with more recent (1980-2000) items that I'm holding onto just because I like them!
Totally getting Enda Mode vibes from you today
Dang!! I love the database! It makes my lil organizing heart happy.
Congratulations on your 1 year anniversary on TH-cam! It's been a ride!
What you said about mixing languages in your mind...I do that. I know some Spanish and more German (I lived there for two years). So in my mind I will form a sentence that is an English/German/Spanish hybrid. And it makes perfect sense to me until I try to speak it. LOL BTW-I love the casual, chatty video. And your dogs! It's nice to know that I'm not the only one with dogs that demand attention no matter what is going on.
I know this feeling! My German professor would call on me, and I'd answer in the wrong foreign language. He asked me to repeat the answer, and I repeated it in straight German. It wasn't until a few weeks in that I realized why he was always asking me to repeat myself. 🤭
Excellent, thanks Abby! Storytelling, editing format, and you being you. I am very fond of maps and glad you shared where you're from on that old map.
As a trilingual, I feel your pain, if you felt like continuing studying either French or Swedish the mixing would happen less, not gone completely but happens less! Also I loooooved this video!
Abby! Congratulations on your first year on TH-cam!! Also - I’m making the belemnite dress! Saw your video and that pattern has been living rent free in my brain ever since. Currently nearly finished the bodice, but I’m sewing everything by hand so it’s a labour of love ❤️
Happy channelversary!
I just want to say as someone born in Noblesville Indiana but raised in a small Central KY town its really cool seeing someone from the same part of the country as me I to historic clothing
I'm just always so impressed by your work, how thorough and knowledgeable you are - and I always get insanely inspired by your videos 🙌
My border collie would do the mouth thing too. We call it gumming. Not biting just kind soft chewing on your arm
When I was at school, there was one year we had to take two languages at then at the end of the year we could drop one; that whole year I spent getting the two languages very confused and mixed up
Not to judge, but that sounds like the worst way to learn a new language. I remember learning my second language and it was hard enough learning both the local dialect and the proper language at the same time and it even had a detrimental effect on my native english; can't imagine trying to keep two separate languages straight and maintain my own 😶
@@rd6203 I studied my two native languages and english and french at the same time, from age five onwards
@@911nmg Nice! Are you from Quebec??
However, vastly different than learning a secondary language, since much more of our early learning is done via mimicry and assimilation than our later learning. I am excited to see how my nephews progress through their language journeys, as one of my younger brothers lives near his in-laws who speak Spanish and the other lives nextdoor to my parents who speak English.
@@rd6203 I'm actually from Spain and I speak six languages fluently even though my family is all spanish. We have a thing for languages though, my mum speaks 4, my father 5, and both me and my sister 6
@@911nmg That is pretty intense!
I love your content! Thank you for posting this!
I, too, have folders full of photos of my past kitty - and whatever kitty or pup I happen to be around for any length of time.
One of my kitties used to toot when nervous/startled! And maybe 1 out of every 5 times someone picked her up. Cuddle roulette.
First congratulations on your one year. I said it then and it's still true you were one of the best things to happen during this pandemic. Also sorry you had to go through the rough spot with AD. Also loved the plaid dress
I love love love the calamity coffee cup. You always make me smile.
I'm so happy that I found your channel! I'm a huge history nerd and even more so when it comes to clothing and music (the order depends on the day). I've been hooked for a few moths now and I'm pretty sure that I found you through a mention from Bernadette.
Also, thank you for introducing me to the term "struggle bus." I have my multipass and I use it regularly.
Lots of love to you!
I really felt your answer to the language question! My French and Swedish are similar levels, French from school and Swedish from living there and from past relationships. I'm more confident at Swedish and more willing to speak it but I'm very shy with French.
Loved the video, Abby! The stuff about your dogs was absolutely top tier, chef's kiss. So funny! And I cannot wait to see your 1890's project! I am sure it will be great.
You had me cracking up while you played with Suba's tongue. That's EXACTLY what I do with doggos and it gets me every time. Thank you for the much needed laughter until I was crying.
I know a smattering of French (6 years of it), Scots-Gaelic, Swahili, American Sign Language and am doing French, German, Italian, and Scots Gaelic on Duolingo. I definitely understand the multi language confusion!
Thanks for demonstrating how you fold in sleeves, I have some altering to do to how our 19th century clothing from my ancestors is all packed!
This was fun and fascinating and I love your dogs!
Love your Channel. Very inspirational and informative. Thank you!
Loved seeing Morgan and Beryl get little shout outs! I love the plaid outfit you were photographing at the beginning. I couldn’t collect old clothes because I would want to wear them!
1:53 that cute little song made my day
Abby your dogs made my DAY. They’re so cute!
Congrats on the first year anniversary of your channel! I love your videos so much, you have a wonderful energy that makes me smile every time you post. Also I totally understand the mixing languages thing, my first language is French and I like to think that I’m fluent in English lol. I’m basically just speaking both languages at the same time all the time haha! (And I just keep forgetting the French word for certain things these days, I’m spending too much time in the internet, and English is just slowly taking over my brain.) Anyway, keep up the good work! You’re amazing!
Congrats on your channelnniversary
You are so adorable and funny and informative! I loved your sewing techniques video. We are never too old to learn something new! So thank you for educating us in a humorous way!
P.S. Your dogs are so cute!
Our lab shepherd mix does the mouth around arm thing! He does it on our ankles too.
Wholesome Doggo content ❤
I relate to that. My German is not what it used to be, at least speaking wise, I can still understand written texts but when I need to say something I just can't. And sometimes it just gets mixed up, if I use more languages in short time.
I started learning English as a first foreign language when I was 7 and I started German when I was 13 and on university I have to learn to read in Latin, which is fun, but really hard. And I can also speak another language that is quite similar to my mother language.
But I would really like to speak italian, so maybe one day...
What really helps brushing them up is watching movies and tv shows, or just listening to some play or book adapted for radio, or something.
And sometimes I use unknowingly words that I didn't know I knew before. Which is terryfing because I use them in context I heard them probably, so I'm always terryfied after that I used them the wrong way.
I LOVE THE PLAID OUTFIT!
My grandmother is from Louisville. Her maternal line were Irish and German immigrants in the Portland - Shippingport area. Her father was from Muncie. Most of my family that’s still in the area are in Sellersburg.
In my school we have 3 compulsory foreign languages (English, French and German) and we can add Spanish and Italian. I don't have the problem you discribe, but sometimes if I don't know a word in French, I take the English word and "French it up" a little.
Great video! I think I have mentioned it before, but I would just like to say again how much I appreciate that someone is putting Calamityware on TH-cam. ❤
So interesting to learn all of it. And the doggie footage is hilarious :D LOVE IT!!
So happy to have found you early during the pandemic. Seems like I've watched you forever!!!
I love your tea mug
Omg Gryff's method of attention grabbing is the same as my mum's labrador x staffy, it's so funny how gentle but determined they can be when it comes to attention.
So needy.
I finished my last college french class a week before starting a three month study abroad in a Spanish speaking country, and I got teased so much by my Spanish teachers for pronouncing words with a french accent! Also they get mixed up a lot in my head too you are not the only one lol
This was great, more of these videos-Q&A while doing databasing work. This video was a huge dose of laughter and calm when I know I should be doing my own databasing for my PhD. In other words, give me more reason to procrastinate Abby. Xx
I need to get a program like that to organize all the books my family has; we are a library. Awww Suba's noises are sooo cute!!!!!!!
Hej Abby från Sverige!!! Dina videos är suveräna!
Honestly makes me smile to see Kentuckiana represented in the historical costuming community, even though you don't live there anymore! Along with many others, just curious which "tiny" town you grew up in? Reminds me that small town people can do big things ;)
Love that you share real life content & encourage the pursuit of learning.
I don’t collect, own, recreate, history bound, or cosplay. Yet here I am. Love your videos. 😅
I've been fascinated with the history of costume since I was a young girl, over 40yrs ago. I dreamt of owning an antique clothing cache. You exceed me in your sewing proficiency.
You are living one of my dreams! Bless you! I'm glad to see your lovely collection properly catalogued and stored.
The other difference would be collecting pieces I could wear.😊
Congratulations on your YT channel anniversary! Bravo for your dedication!
I applaud your well-earned success!
Thank you!
Is putting more than one complete outfit per box risk crushing?
LOL I was born and raised in Louisville, KY. I also lived in New Albany, Jeffersonville, and Clarksville when I became and adult. I now live with my husband 1 1/2 hour south of Louisville.
I always wanted to be better at languwitches then i am but i realy struggel to get them to stick and im realy dyslexic when i started going death we started lerning bsl (britsh) so we sine as we speek and that seams to have stuck so much more so maybe asl (amrican) is worth a try
Omg! Calamity-ware?!?! Love!
I'm totally with you that it's hard to do youtube which is a FULL time job and trying to do basically anything else lol but it does look like there's a new pattern company getting ready to be started? I LOVE that your getting to work with a friend, I'd kill for the help lololololol I really love some of the dresses you've shown and I'm sooooo hoping there's patterns for these dresses being created because they're gorgeous!
As a museum collections professional, great job!
I do the same with welsh and French and get them muddled up.
Never knew you were a Hoosier!! Me too! 💖🙌🏻
The languages thing is so funny because I totally experience that too! Being from Europe it's fairly common to know more than one language, especially in the age of social media and internet and stuff. My mother tongue is Dutch, and I live very close to the German border and had German in school for three years. I'm now doing my sixth year of French and while I am in no way fluent I do understand and read it quite well. And English is basically my second language, I learned it on my own and we got it in school from like age 9 or 10. So now, especially when speaking French, sometimes there is German in it, sometimes when speaking Dutch I forget half my words and basically speak Dunglish, it's such a mess sometimes! Also; your dogs are freaking adorable!!!
I can barely sew a button 😂 but love historical clothing and fashion history. So thank you for letting me indulge in both on your channel. 🙏
another hour on Sunday finely spent on you an Nicole, thank you. Now about that language thing, I learned German and Latin in high school, and had to take Spanish in college, I've never worked so hard for a gpa busting F in my life as those Spanish classes. 30 years in the southwest and pretty much all i know is the swear words and how to order a beer, I dont drink beer. So many times that someone asks something and German is the answer my brain does first.
Sweden? Really!?! Lovely! Welcome back!
It was lovely hanging out with you! I don’t speak any other languages although I took German for two years in high school and I’m ashamed by how much I don’t remember. But I do know ASL. I often find myself wanting to sign words to people who speak Spanish or other languages that don’t understand English well. I think that is a common issue.
That plaid outfit is so pretty
I love your Calamityware mug, I'm using one of mine right now. After all, "Things could be worse. ". ♥️
“(Blurred out) pattern co” , huh?! Can’t wait! 😀
Oh hey, she's a Hoosier! I didn't know that. Hey there fellow Hoosier! I live in Indiana, have my whole life, so its awesome to see that someone from here has done something cool with their life!
I completely understand your hatred of being monolingual!! You got me right in the feels, there. I’m going to either invest in Rosetta Stone or an immersion course at some point because the other options just haven’t worked for me. I’d love to learn Italian, Norwegian, and Irish. The former so I can read The Inferno in Italian (and because my spouse is semi-fluent), and the latter two for ancestral reasons.
I love learning more about your collection. Every piece you’ve shown has something special or unique about it! I adore vintage and antique clothing, particularly, because I feel such a connection to the people who made it and wore it...almost like time travel, in a way? It’s difficult to put into words, but I know you understand the feeling based on your videos. Which items in your collection do you feel that connection with most?
I’m obsessed with your socks. I believe they have some salty text on the soles? If that is correct, then I have the same pair!! I’ve had a thing for crazy/wild socks since I was a kid, and my dad frequently buys them for me for Christmas presents. I was gifted several pairs of salty socks a couple of years ago, including the aforementioned and a pair covered in middle fingers flipping the bird. They’re my favorites!! Much love, and see you in a couple of weeks.
They're Blue Q Socks and these say "I"m a Delicate F*cking Flower" on them 😂😂😂 I *love* novelty socks and definitely went through a Blue Q sock gift giving phase for all of my friends.
And yes, the old clothes and feeling people and who they were - that's very much it (in fact I went on and on about this when filming, but I cut it out for time) - I don't know if I have connection with one more than another, but I have some favorites, like the full 1870s outfit where the wearer had scoliosis, and seeing her unique body come out of the clothes, and realizing that while the person will always be nameless, we were able to learn something about her. It made that outfit really special and precious.
Best of luck with the languages! Norway has a few different languages/dialects but the main Norwegian language is a lot like Swedish, so grammatically it's pretty similar to English, which makes it a lot easier. ❤️
@@AbbyCox YES!!! I have the same socks!!
I knew you’d know what I meant. Being able to know something about that specific stranger over a century or more of time is really special! Though there’s the little part of my brain that has to laugh... What if this object I think is so cool was the person’s (who originally owned it) least favorite thing and they’re somewhere looking on in utter disgust? I ignore that snarky bitch.
I think the biggest grammatical difference between Norwegian and English is that Norwegian has noun-adjective agreement but not subject-verb agreement, whereas in English it’s the other way around. Not all adjectives have different forms depending on the gender and number of the noun, but most of the common ones do. Fortunately it’s a relatively simple pattern, with all plurals taking the same form regardless of gender.
You should check out the Refold method! It's not for everyone (and ot might be hard to pull off for irish) but it has helped me improve my japanese more than any course/textbook ever did!
From an Italian native speaker, if you mean the Inferno by Dante Alighieri, please remember that it was written in 1300... Modern Italian isnt going to be enough to understand it fluently, I study literature in university and I can't read it fluently, and my professors only can because they studied it extensively... It's very complex, archaic language, you'd need a paraphrase aside. Just wanted to warn you so that you didn't go to all the trouble and then found out there was a catch, that wouldn't be funny at all😅
I just want to say, as someone literally from Louisville I appreciated the banjo music when you talked about moving away haha.
Perfect timing lol Watching this as I purge and reorg my closet.
Also, how old does something have to be to be considered 'vintage' 😏😅
It’s like 20-30 years - I can’t remember the exact amount of time off the top of my head...
@@pt8421 That's for antiques. Vintage is only two decades at youngest
“I don’t bake because of the altitude” I totally feel that! I love to bake and have lived at altitude for 7 years and am still trying to figure it out. Practically all recipes need to be changed
March 22 is my being alive a-versary! 😍 Happy belated 😁