Re: About language

While I understand the point of the language in a fantasy is not in Engli=
sh and "okay" is a translation of the slang, I do understand Charlie's po=
int.  At lot of this will depend on the atmosphere the author is trying t=
o set; if they want us to feel like we are in another world and suddenly =
you have our world slang, it can break the feeling.  I would not want to =
see "okay" in a fantasy epic such as Tolkien's work.  I am easier with us=
e of modern slang and terms in books like Terry Pratchett's Discworld, wh=
ich has many elements of this world.=20=20

Anything like this would be on a case-by-case basis and I suspect it woul=
d be influenced by how I think the atmosphere of the book should be; that=
 is a matter of taste.  I am more disturbed by time travel  or books set =
in historical periods works that don't get the language right.  Of course=
, I have to know the etmology and okay has many possible start points, so=
 I might give more leeway there and less for a term like "cool", meaning =
very good, set in a world before the 20th century.

Colleen
Colleen Cahill
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