#handle. the Bank of England ones aren’t in alphabetical order. so you have to consult a separate index. and they’re massive. easily

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9, 10, 11 :)

9. What's your weirdest pet-peeve?

My weirdest working pet-peeve is probably the lack of standardized spelling in the 17th/18th century, especially in handwritten documents. It sucks enough to try to decipher the bad handwriting, but doing that and trying to figure out what they’re actually trying to say, especially in a non-native language, is a nightmare. For the project I’m working on now, I’ve got one guy who refuses to use pronouns for anyone/thing, another who won’t use punctuation, and a third who has the Ladino/Rashi script penmanship from hell.

10. Which is better: asking for permission or asking for forgiveness?

Permission, at least most of the time.

11. What would you do if you inherited 1 million dollars tomorrow?

Nothing that interesting, honestly. Pay off the student loan debt I have left, buy my parents’ house outright for them, and set the rest aside for emergencies/a potential retirement nest egg.