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Re: Natlangs in Fantasy Worlds

From:Mark J. Reed <markjreed@...>
Date:Saturday, November 10, 2007, 23:30
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... -- Mark J. Reed <markjreed@...>

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