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A writer's question about lingual shift
Kali:
You never sound peeved, Shecky dearest. :* :)
And of course no one asked the cat. You tell the cat it's not allowed in the box, and in it goes.
the neurovore of Zur-En-Aargh:
--- Quote from: Shecky on December 17, 2009, 10:45:41 AM ---Oh, and about Schroedinger's Cat: did anyone think to ask the cat? :D
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The whole thing is a complicated and subtle experiment the cats are doing on us. Really.
Shecky:
--- Quote from: neurovore on December 17, 2009, 03:54:26 PM ---The whole thing is a complicated and subtle experiment the cats are doing on us. Really.
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QUIET. Or our feline overlords might hear and begin to suspect we're starting to emerge from the feline-Jedi mass-mindtrick.
Blaze:
I would NEVER recommend anyone use a fake affectation of "ye olde Englishe" First of all because nobody seems to get that the Y in Ye is really a thorn and pronounced th. People shouldn't even use it at ren faires.
If you are going to show a language shift, just pull words out and switch their meaning. "Bimbo" was originally a "fellow," ( coined in 1919) by 1920 it was a "floozie," and today no one says "Bimbo" without evoking a strictly female image.
No changes in spelling or pronunciation are needed, no excuses need to be made, you just chose a word and make it mean what you want.
Don't hang a lamp on it.
comprex:
--- Quote from: Blaze on December 17, 2009, 04:26:22 PM ---Don't hang a lamp on it.
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It would be gigglesomely satirical if Armaggedon got rid of verbs, so future generations verb their nouns.
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