Talk:Carucage

message: Knowing nothing on the subject of medieval taxation, should not the definition  be of a "12th to 13th century tax", judging from the information in the article (collected 1194-1224)?
: The first sentence of the article should be a short sucinct summing up of the entire article. Either 12th and 13th century or medieval works fine. I slighly prefer medieval because it flows better and still gets the gist of the subject across, but I'm not going to scream at the other either. It was only collected six times, it was an experiment in taxation that didn't take off. Ealdgyth - Talk 00:04, 31 May 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Dates/Definition 

message: Just a personal preference, is it worth changing the "notes" in the body to "nb"?  It's a little less distracting. Parrot of Doom 22:05, 9 January 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: I prefer "notes" though (grins). Ealdgyth - Talk 22:07, 9 January 2010 (UTC)
replies: text:  Ok, thought I'd ask before changing things like that :) Parrot of Doom 22:08, 9 January 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Aren't you married PoD? Surely you know how prickly women can be. sticking out tongue to Ealdgyth, who I really do love --Malleus Fatuorum 22:38, 9 January 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Nope, my house, my money, my rules :) Parrot of Doom 22:41, 9 January 2010 (UTC)
replies: text:  See.. my money, my house, my rules! Simple! Ealdgyth - Talk 22:56, 9 January 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  notes/nb 

message: How is this a FAC with this sentence: "Carucage was an attempt to secure new sources of revenue to supplement and increase royal income increase in a time when new demands were being made on royal finances.", which is present in all diffs?  Does that sentence mean something I'm not aware of?  I've changed it for the time being PirateArgh!!1!
: Thank you for catching that. Of course, no one is perfect, and no editing is ever perfect. That's why we call them "Featured Articles" not "Perfect Articles". Ealdgyth - Talk 01:18, 7 February 2010 (UTC)
replies: text:  Sorry for the dickishy wording.  I thought I might have misinterpreted since I've been told FAC vetting is excessively anal. PirateArgh!!1!  03:38, 7 February 2010 (UTC)
replies: text:  No worries. I hate "main page day" it's the worst part about writing Featured Articles. I was probably a bit... snappish myself. Yes, we try to make FAs as perfect as possible, but it's not always possible to catch everything. And that sort of typo (the double use of a word) is very hard to catch, as the human brain tends to gloss over it rather than catch it. Ealdgyth - Talk 03:46, 7 February 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  FAC 

message: I would like to see the pronunciation of "carucage" put in the lede.  Is it kuh-ROO-kej?  Kuh-RUCK-ej?  CAR-ooh-kej?  Pirate Dan (talk) 13:19, 7 February 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Find a reliable source, and add it. I do not have one that says. Ealdgyth - Talk 15:22, 7 February 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: It's not in my dictionary. I'll try to get hold of the unabridged OED later today and see if that helps. Pirate Dan (talk) 15:50, 7 February 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: In the 1998 version of Webster's Comprehensive Dictionary Encyclopedic Edition, it has an entry for car.u.cage that matches the article definition, and the pronunciation is given as "kar`e.kij" where the e is backwards. I have no idea how to read their pronunciations, but it might help someone. --81.153.144.130 (talk) 16:04, 7 February 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: The OED has it a bit different; I put the OED version in.  The first A rhymes with the A in "fat," and the accent is on the first syllable.  Also there's a "y" sound after the R.  Pirate Dan (talk) 00:13, 8 February 2010 (UTC)

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thread_title:  Pronunciation?