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The Most Massively Pretentious Email I Have Ever Received and Liked

posted by [personal profile] orichalcum at 11:15am on 27/07/2005
I just got a one-word email from my advisor, who I had sent, two days ago, the Introduction that I had spent sixteen continuous hours massively revising and changing (thank you, everyone!):


"Inprimatur."

Let it be printed.

And as the cherry on top of my sundae, I got email last night from Classical World, the journal I submitted to over a year ago as my "reach" journal with my article on cannibalism, saying that they were sending my article back to me with the referee's comments and strongly encouraging me to revise and resubmit it. This is not an acceptance, but it's way better than ignoring me or a rejection.

Now, to work on the conclusion.

24 24 hours to go....
Mood:: 'working' working
Music:: The Little Things you Do Together-Stephen Sondheim
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posted by [identity profile] fajitas.livejournal.com at 03:21pm on 27/07/2005
"Inprimatur."

Glorious. I mean, beyond the congratulations and all, but on top of that, that's a damn cool e-mail. I'd give money if I ever got that as a response from my agent. Of course, I'd've had to forward it to you to get it translated, but still...

Go team Ori! Go!
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posted by [identity profile] ladybird97.livejournal.com at 03:24pm on 27/07/2005
Wheeeeee! Congratulations - you're almost there!

Imprimatur, et gaudeamus!
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posted by [identity profile] digitalemur.livejournal.com at 03:39pm on 27/07/2005
That's amazing. I'm going around telling that story to my coworkers who will get it, now.
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posted by [identity profile] kenjari.livejournal.com at 03:39pm on 27/07/2005
Yay! We'll be calling you "Doctor" real soon now.
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posted by [identity profile] gee-tar.livejournal.com at 03:45pm on 27/07/2005
Isn't it spelled "Imprimatur?"
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posted by [identity profile] gee-tar.livejournal.com at 03:46pm on 27/07/2005
And, of course, congratulations!
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posted by [identity profile] digitalemur.livejournal.com at 04:02pm on 27/07/2005
Sounds like 'inprimatur' is a verb, and 'imprimatur' has been a noun whenever I've come across it, so I bet you're thinking of a different, but related, word.
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posted by [identity profile] orichalcum.livejournal.com at 04:07pm on 27/07/2005
Actually, just an issue of medieval versus classical spelling.

And not like anyone's spelled Latin consistently over the ages anyway.
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posted by [identity profile] woodwindy.livejournal.com at 03:54pm on 27/07/2005
Woohoo!!! Rock on with the prostitutes and the cannibalism! :)
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sweet

posted by [identity profile] jab2.livejournal.com at 04:10pm on 27/07/2005
excellent! methinks your advisor has just shown a touch of humor (as well as pretentiousness). which is a good sign at the end of a long haul!

and the revise-and-resubmit is usually really an acceptance-just-make-sure-to-make-these-changes, afaik.

so, sweet!
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posted by [identity profile] hca.livejournal.com at 05:05pm on 27/07/2005
cool! rock on!
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posted by [identity profile] a-dodecahedron.livejournal.com at 06:29pm on 27/07/2005
Excellent! Go Ori Go!
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posted by [identity profile] havenstone.livejournal.com at 11:07pm on 27/07/2005
Congratulations. And I love the e-mail, too.
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