Strange Things You've Had to Research for Your Writing

Thallium was the big one. It’s tasteless, odorless and colourless, much like antifreeze was until not long ago.

We all know aconite from Harry Potter.

Dimethylmercury, which when used symptoms can take months to present.

Hemlock, polonium.

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Goes to Google :eyes:

Yup. I forgot how to spell some of them. I also heard about succinylcholine which apparently stops the heart.

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You’re definitely on a watchlist :stuck_out_tongue_closed_eyes:

Lol. I probably am and don’t know it. :grinning_face_with_smiling_eyes:

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Well, he had a premeditated trick up his sleeve. Knows he won’t die :stuck_out_tongue:
So, why not feel what it’s like to be on the brink of death? Have a little think,
a bit of a thought. That’s Jack for ya :wink:

Terrifying

Not with a drink or two :slight_smile:

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So, how many alphabets do they have in Japan?

4! Had to re-read that multiple times. Kanji, Hiragana, Katakana, and Romana (to spell certain names etc.).

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I’ve never heard of Romana :eyes:.

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Also called Romanji, I think. Don’t quote me though

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ah Romanji I’ve heard of! ah, why do things have so many different names?! XD

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exonyms vs. endonyms

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you made me google what these were >.>

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:joy:

There’s a reason I’m our resident Siren. I like languages haha

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true haha

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Romaji is not really a Japanese alphabet, though. Romaji is using Latin letters to phonetically spell out Japanese words. Like ‘sayonara’ instead of さよなら (this is hiragana btw). Romaji is short for ‘romanization’ which means transcribing foreign languages in Roman (Latin) script.

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Strange things? I recently searched what a tatami room used for Chanoyu(Japanese tea ceremony) smells like.

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…doesn’t it smell of tea and…idk, wood/bamboo/rice straw? :laughing: That’s what I would imagine it smells like, anyway haha

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Yeah, also fragrance wood in the summer and incense in the winter

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Currently researching what happens after a migraine attack.

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ugh, smart people hurt my brain! xD hi, wifey! XD

that’s so specific, I live for it XD

:eyes:… is that what happened?! XD

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