a lament, on the universe, and forsooth (forsooth! wtf?)

Jan 18, 2009 17:31

Trufax. I am losing my contractions again.

Many moons ago, due to years of essay writing (which discouraged contraction use), everything I wrote was almost disturbingly formal, but in a very awkward way. I'd broken the worst of the habit by my fourth month in fandom because nothing beats reading your own porn dialogue coming out as a cross ( Read more... )

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green_grrl January 18 2009, 23:50:52 UTC
Dude, just watch Merlin canon. The fuck if they talk that way on BBC!

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seperis January 18 2009, 23:55:27 UTC
I KNOW. I CAN'T HELP IT. It's like some dark, mysterious badficness is taking over my fingers and forsooth.

*curls up*

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2naonh3_cl2 January 18 2009, 23:52:11 UTC
I'm going to assume that the reason why you're reading that stuff is due to Merlin fanfic...if only because Merlin seems have to eaten up the rest of the fandom world. -_-;;; My one statement, is this: Merlin uses modern day slang--case point, Merlin asks Arthur if he's been "sacked"--so, I don't think people will be very nit-picky if you were to use contractions. >.< <3

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seperis January 18 2009, 23:56:09 UTC
You and I know this. My brain just really wants to destroy my life.

*sniffles*

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2naonh3_cl2 January 19 2009, 00:18:12 UTC
Though, I must say, reading Merlin fic that heavily uses the language of that *waves hands vaguely* time period, would probably pretty interesting.

Brains often seem to wage siege on logic in that sort of way. ^o^ *hugs*

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seperis January 19 2009, 00:29:18 UTC
If I could do it well, I would. But I can't. I'm just porous to what I'm reading. So it just--slips out inappropriately.

Though yes, I would be interested to see someone adapt the formalities of Monmouth to Merlin. It'd be funny and mindbending both.

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seperis January 19 2009, 00:28:24 UTC
*dies* It would be funny.

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twistedchick January 19 2009, 00:32:24 UTC
Cicero is not really more interesting in Latin (had to translate him for a *very long* year); he just *thinks* he's more interesting. Throws in weird bits of phrasing, odd figures of speech just to be cute. I wish that, at the time, I'd had a Rodney McKay in the class to make appropriately snide and snarky comments that would be completely relevant.

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seperis January 19 2009, 03:29:39 UTC
Rodney in any class would make it better. I'd have killed to have him in Lit I.

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seperis January 19 2009, 03:29:59 UTC
By unique, you mean terrifying, yes?

...okay, and funny too. Totally.

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