Re: About language

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I started to respond to this discussion and kept breaking off because I
couldn't figure out how to explain my views - Colleen just did it
perfectly. The use of the slang has to sound authentic in the context of
the world the author has set up.

Monica McAbee
Librarian III
Prince George's County Memorial Library System
Materials Management
9601 Capital Lane
Largo, MD 20774
301-699-3500, ext. 6118
www.pgcmls.info

On Thu, Mar 8, 2018 at 9:05 AM, Colleen Cahill <[email protected]> wrote:

> While I understand the point of the language in a fantasy is not in
> English and "okay" is a translation of the slang, I do understand Charlie's
> point.  At lot of this will depend on the atmosphere the author is trying
> to 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 use
> of modern slang and terms in books like Terry Pratchett's Discworld, which
> has many elements of this world.
>
> Anything like this would be on a case-by-case basis and I suspect it would
> 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
> [email protected]
>

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<br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Thu, Mar 8, 2018 at 9:05 AM, Colleen Cahi=
ll <span dir=3D"ltr">&lt;<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" target=3D"_blank">=
[email protected]</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" sty=
le=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">While =
I understand the point of the language in a fantasy is not in English and &=
quot;okay&quot; is a translation of the slang, I do understand Charlie&#39;=
s point.=C2=A0 At lot of this will depend on the atmosphere the author is t=
rying to set; if they want us to feel like we are in another world and sudd=
enly you have our world slang, it can break the feeling.=C2=A0 I would not =
want to see &quot;okay&quot; in a fantasy epic such as Tolkien&#39;s work.=
=C2=A0 I am easier with use of modern slang and terms in books like Terry P=
ratchett&#39;s Discworld, which has many elements of this world.<br>
<br>
Anything like this would be on a case-by-case basis and I suspect it would =
be influenced by how I think the atmosphere of the book should be; that is =
a matter of taste.=C2=A0 I am more disturbed by time travel=C2=A0 or books =
set in historical periods works that don&#39;t get the language right.=C2=
=A0 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 &quot;c=
ool&quot;, meaning very good, set in a world before the 20th century.<br>
<br>
Colleen<br>
<span class=3D"HOEnZb"><font color=3D"#888888">Colleen Cahill<br>
<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a><br>
</font></span></blockquote></div><br></div>

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