tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10722111911442589.post7447637706967035883..comments2023-09-11T04:28:51.223-07:00Comments on Writings, Musings & Other Such Nonsense: Writing Wednesday: Language...Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10722111911442589.post-27423583768332924172016-02-10T14:49:42.079-08:002016-02-10T14:49:42.079-08:00Excellent point! I do try to keep the reader in mi...Excellent point! I do try to keep the reader in mind when throwing in languages and such. Took some time, but I did work on it. :)Mel Chesleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08200734886454147170noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10722111911442589.post-13285684367151445412016-02-10T08:05:31.797-08:002016-02-10T08:05:31.797-08:00Going deep perspective here, if your view point ch...Going deep perspective here, if your view point character doesn't know the language, I think it's better to describe it as they'd hear it--an inflections of g's and lilted t's which garbled together like a wind through tree branches. (Invocative, eh?) It sometimes drives me crazy when people throw odd language in just to show they're sophisticated. Even when there are rules behind it, we have to think through it from the reader's perspective.Crystal Collierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03912469552483168148noreply@blogger.com