tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6320269312957801390.post8781608182585151463..comments2024-03-28T05:59:52.454-07:00Comments on TalkToYoUniverse: TTYU Retro: Do you want to take on dialects?Juliette Wadehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02879627074920760712noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6320269312957801390.post-83663301165891922552011-02-01T15:20:21.685-08:002011-02-01T15:20:21.685-08:00Thanks for the comment, E. Arroyo. This is obvious...Thanks for the comment, E. Arroyo. This is obviously a borderline I tread a lot because I'm working with alien voices. I'm glad you enjoyed the post.Juliette Wadehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02879627074920760712noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6320269312957801390.post-40756993237625599742011-02-01T14:41:13.486-08:002011-02-01T14:41:13.486-08:00I admit I don't want to suffer, so it's ni...I admit I don't want to suffer, so it's nice to know authors don't do it on purpose. LOL. I think it is a slippery slope when the language gets tangled and honestly **blushes** I tend to skip over the ones that are too complicated and even stop reading altogether because it becomes to daunting. This is a great post!E. Arroyohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06634213563563094173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6320269312957801390.post-61029034782930088762011-02-01T10:03:02.312-08:002011-02-01T10:03:02.312-08:00You've picked up on something important with t...You've picked up on something important with the issue of outsider versus insider perspective. It's the insider perspective that absolutely must be comprehensible. Outsider perspectives don't have that requirement.Juliette Wadehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02879627074920760712noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6320269312957801390.post-52897888455913907362011-02-01T09:04:16.215-08:002011-02-01T09:04:16.215-08:00This was quite a useful post again. I have to cons...This was quite a useful post again. I have to consider dialects and languages due to the history of my world. <br /><br />It can get complicated. <br /><br />:-)Misha Gerrickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06364173848456424521noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6320269312957801390.post-67217100708435151682011-02-01T06:47:00.169-08:002011-02-01T06:47:00.169-08:00This is another absorbing subject and comes back t...This is another absorbing subject and comes back the essential problem of how alien speech can be rendered in English at all.<br /><br />I'd consider spelling changes to mark an outsider failing to grasp terms for example, but I agree with you that going along this route can be very hard on the reader if care is not taken.Porkyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00604351052444947490noreply@blogger.com