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• CatinaDiamond commented on In defence of Traditional (Eurocentric Quasi-Medieval) Fantasy: #1 I'll read what I like
  Nyd byþ nearu on breostan; weorþeþ hi þeah oft niþa bearnum to helpe and to hæle gehwæþre, gif hi his hlystaþ æror. Just a slight correction: you won't notice it in classically trained (by which I mean Anglo-Saxon / Chaucer / Shakespeare background) authors because they'll naturally see the linkages to 'modern' words anyhow. It's only the faux users who do it. (C.f. Rabid Puppies and bad Latin)....
• paws4thot commented on In defence of Traditional (Eurocentric Quasi-Medieval) Fantasy: #1 I'll read what I like
  I can make the same argument about Burger King or Subway, both of which I prefer (less certain about KFC, because I suspect that their fryer temperatures vary). Also, I actually like new and different eating experiences. On your other point, and in case you doubt my credentials as a cook, I'll make my own curries starting with preparing spice and aromatic blends too....
• paws4thot commented on In defence of Traditional (Eurocentric Quasi-Medieval) Fantasy: #1 I'll read what I like
  Even yet, according to people I know (have known), accents (if not dialect or language) change in less than that. I'm from Dumbarton, and my university course had people from Glasgow, Motherwell, and Hong Kong on it. The Chinese said that the Dumbarton, Glasgow and Motherwell people sounded different to each other, despite it being about 30 miles in a straightish line from Dumbarton through Glasgow to Motherwell. Also Doric and Scots are a separate language to English (different syntax, grammar and vocabulary), although Geordie is a dialect (at least as far as I know)....
• amckinstry commented on In defence of Traditional (Eurocentric Quasi-Medieval) Fantasy: #1 I'll read what I like
  That would be Britain 100 years ago. As soon as you travel more than 100 miles the accents change tremendously. Even 40 years ago, I met people from Wales and Scotland and could not understand what they were saying because I missed about 1 word in 4. As for Yorkshire and Geordies... One of the strangest things I've had to do is translate at a christmas party, between two folk from Kerry and Donegal. Both speaking English, mildly intelligible to me from Dublin and unintelligible to each other ... My father worked in the 1960s-1970s as a travelling salesman...
• Greg. Tingey commented on In defence of Traditional (Eurocentric Quasi-Medieval) Fantasy: #1 I'll read what I like
  Err ... George Bernard Shaw: "Pygmalion" & the film made from it - "My Fairy Lady" To some extent still true. Even now there are differences between Watford, E-London & well-sarf (Croydon) accents! In about 1962, I went to Dunnerdale in the Lake District on holiday ... the farm & Post Office & Hotel & Pub ... Had an elderly farm-hand - I could understand (at first meeting) about one word in 3. I suspect a Norwegian might have understood more....