Comments on: Language Issues (Continued) http://www.wondersandmarvels.com/2009/12/language-issues-continued.html A Community for Curious Minds who love History, its Odd Stories, and Good Reads Wed, 08 Feb 2012 19:36:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Frances Hunter http://www.wondersandmarvels.com/2009/12/language-issues-continued.html/comment-page-1#comment-3758 Frances Hunter Fri, 11 Dec 2009 18:56:37 +0000 http://www.wondersandmarvels.com/?p=3127#comment-3758 Good post, Melissa. I write novels set on the early American frontier; I once had someone tell me that she had read all of Jane Austen, so she knew how people spoke in the 19th century. "And it certainly wasn't LIKE THAT!" I do try to keep things that seem too contemporary to the ear, or adult slang that sounds too "Tarantino" out of the books, and I enjoy researching the substitutes. I make liberal use of contractions, though! Good post, Melissa. I write novels set on the early American frontier; I once had someone tell me that she had read all of Jane Austen, so she knew how people spoke in the 19th century. “And it certainly wasn’t LIKE THAT!”

I do try to keep things that seem too contemporary to the ear, or adult slang that sounds too “Tarantino” out of the books, and I enjoy researching the substitutes. I make liberal use of contractions, though!

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