tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6068105406305319114.post8741094565568325051..comments2024-01-11T17:17:37.361+00:00Comments on The Raft Journal: Home HelpsWoman on a Rafthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08897415591130901416noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6068105406305319114.post-67204643243456871842010-06-26T23:01:58.752+01:002010-06-26T23:01:58.752+01:00The naming system is quirky; the females are known...The naming system is quirky; the females are known by their titles according to status now whereas the men remain with the status they had at the time of the events. <br /><br />Therefore, at the time of the events Mummy was Mrs Dadder Raft, however because the story is being told now, she is currently Nana Raft, having changed status some years ago. Your mummy becomes your Nana on the acquisition of grandchildren anywhere in the family, either by discovery ("BTW, do you remember that girl I was very friendly with about ten years ago when we went to Jaywick Sands?") or a marriage where the new member has previous children. She is Nana to distinguish her from Granny. <br /><br />It would be confusing to have the same person being known as both Mummy and Nana relative to the person addressing them, so on the advent of grandchildren they automatically become Nana, that is an absolute form of address is adopted, not a relative one. This may or may not mean some shuffling with the Grannies - there is a point at which if they live long enough, they will eventually revert to a given name i.e. Aunt Sooey. Again, this is an absolute address and once designated 'aunt', she will remain an aunt to all, regardless of other family connections. <br /><br />Dadder died before he became anything else, so he remains at that status. This is confusing, but less so than the convention of the women all being nana but distinguished by a physical descriptor e.g. Nana with the sticks, Nana with the cat. <br /><br />Even more confusing is the convention that while the men die, it is harder to determine the regarded condition of the women. Fat Helen, for example, still has her mother over for Christmas. She brings her urn in from the shed and puts it on the sideboard in December.Woman on a Rafthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08897415591130901416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6068105406305319114.post-85585397272200758992010-06-25T14:43:31.390+01:002010-06-25T14:43:31.390+01:00What was Mummy doing throughout all this?
Nice wr...What was Mummy doing throughout all this?<br /><br />Nice writing, BTW.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6068105406305319114.post-81703425381719411962010-06-23T16:12:35.153+01:002010-06-23T16:12:35.153+01:00What a lovely story. You've labelled it fictio...What a lovely story. You've labelled it fiction but I feel as though I now know Mrs McClean and the fact that Dadder took such wise instruction. Marvleeeous.Dick the Pricknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6068105406305319114.post-64498411044445623742010-06-23T06:09:38.103+01:002010-06-23T06:09:38.103+01:00Mrs Raft - your e-mail inbox is full! Could you em...Mrs Raft - your e-mail inbox is full! Could you empty it, or e-mail me from another address!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6068105406305319114.post-64550695372070968182010-06-22T14:37:16.656+01:002010-06-22T14:37:16.656+01:00I note you have finally set up your own 'blog....I note you have finally set up your own 'blog. Ta for the link, I've stuck you in my top twelve 'blogs just to get you off to a flying start.Mark Wadsworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07733511175178098449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6068105406305319114.post-25021741279353819852010-06-22T06:41:08.971+01:002010-06-22T06:41:08.971+01:00"And all of it administered by applying commo...<i>"And all of it administered by applying common sense."</i> <br /><br />Ah, but them were the days when common sense was, well, a lot more common.<br /><br />Before a generation had been raised to believe that 'if there's blame, there's a claim!' and 'points win prizes' and 'there's no shame in XXXX'...JuliaMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07844126589712842477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6068105406305319114.post-5213433436909648032010-06-21T23:36:29.920+01:002010-06-21T23:36:29.920+01:00And all of it administered by applying common sens...And all of it administered by applying common sense. No check lists, no risk assessments, no diversity and equality considerations; just good old fashioned common sense left in the hands of a sturdy woman.TheFatBigothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17255526385076528633noreply@blogger.com