Re: Natlangs in Fantasy Worlds
| From: | Mark J. Reed <markjreed@...> |
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| Date: | Saturday, November 10, 2007, 23:30 |
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On Nov 10, 2007 6:17 PM, Jim Henry <jimhenry1973@...> wrote:
> It has long been a minor annoyance to me that Lucy et al. can
> readily understand the talking animals of Narnia when they arrive,
> seeing as how the English of Narnia ought to have diverged greatly from
> the late 19th century English spoken there at the time of its creation
> during the thousands of years that passed between the time
> of King Frank and Queen Helen, and the time of the White Witch.
Meh, that's just genre convention. Not worth getting annoyed about;
just don't scrutinize too closely. Time travel stories tend to have
the same total disregard for language change...
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Mark J. Reed <markjreed@...>
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