The Dresden Files > DF Spoilers
Cowl's Identity [FPOTM2 11.2016]
Quantus:
--- Quote from: Griffyn612 on July 18, 2017, 01:54:23 AM ---Using surnames for people in the region which you live would be just as bad as using common words. Even if you don't know a Dorosh when you're learning magic, if you meet someone later, you might inadvertently crush them with a wall of energy when you call out to them on the street.
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If harry can safely use is fake-latin and still actually work towards Latin fluency, I really dont think the danger is as absolute as all that.
Griffyn612:
--- Quote from: Quantus on July 18, 2017, 02:25:43 PM ---If harry can safely use is fake-latin and still actually work towards Latin fluency, I really dont think the danger is as absolute as all that.
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I think there's a big difference between a primary language and a second language that one has to deliberately think about when using, which would likely cause a disconnect of its own between linguistic and magical meanings.
I'm not saying Harry's use of latin is ideal, but it's not as bad as using your primary language.
Quantus:
--- Quote from: Griffyn612 on July 18, 2017, 02:41:32 PM ---I think there's a big difference between a primary language and a second language that one has to deliberately think about when using, which would likely cause a disconnect of its own between linguistic and magical meanings.
I'm not saying Harry's use of latin is ideal, but it's not as bad as using your primary language.
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No longer having to "deliberately think about" it was, I thought, the defining trait of "Fluency"? Granted Im an ignorant single-language American, so I have no first-hand experience.
But now you are saying that using a language youre fluent in is fine, but using nonsense words that share your primary language's phonetics (aka cultural surnames names) is going to cause all kinds of trouble. That still feels off to me.
Shift8:
One thing we can say for certain is that since Dorosh is not French, its probably LaFortier! ;)
Griffyn612:
--- Quote from: Quantus on July 18, 2017, 03:20:19 PM ---No longer having to "deliberately think about" it was, I thought, the defining trait of "Fluency"? Granted Im an ignorant single-language American, so I have no first-hand experience.
But now you are saying that using a language youre fluent in is fine, but using nonsense words that share your primary language's phonetics (aka cultural surnames names) is going to cause all kinds of trouble. That still feels off to me.
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It's not nonsense. It's a surname used in the region Simon lived. It's a surname more common on both a global and regional scale than Butters, Peabody, Langtry, Liberty, Luccio, Marcone, and, of course, Dresden
Simon would be more likely to run into a Russian with the surname Dorosh than a German would be to run into a German named Dresden.
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