Mayhap, naught and out of place poetic dialogue

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Originally Posted by MistakeNot

Old English has very little in common with Welsh.

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Okay then, it sounds like Welsh. Otherwise, fair enough.

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Originally Posted by Rongway

"Mayhap" and "naught" still see a fair bit of use today, and I don't find them nearly as offensive as the use of "ever" to mean always. That one will ever sound forced to me, in any setting.

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what are you talking about? none of this happens

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Originally Posted by ChillyViking

You can still talk old english and not overuse words, and old english can be spoken casually without having that poetic feel to it. I don't want it to be modern either :)

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^ that

Please send succor




Anon

and today in "people think your speech patterns are odd and old". last time it was anyroad

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Originally Posted by DracotheDragon

and today in "people think your speech patterns are odd and old". last time it was anyroad

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The issue is the overuse of a word to the point it becomes obnoxious, did you even read the thread?

As a side thought, "Pray return to the Waking Sands" was overused to the point of wanting to bash your head into a wall... /shudder

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Originally Posted by Sekkei

As a side thought, "Pray return to the Waking Sands" was overused to the point of wanting to bash your head into a wall... /shudder

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That one is not bad because of the wording, but because it is so annoyingly inconvenient to travel to the Waking Sands.

'must needs' always gets me.

I think it's kind of like George Lucas dialogue, it looks fine written down, but sounds weird when it's spoken.

I'd rather colloquial flavor text than a character telling me about how freakin lit the Quicksand gets when Momodi's feeling fresh to death.

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Originally Posted by ChillyViking

The issue is the overuse of a word to the point it becomes obnoxious, did you even read the thread?

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yes i read the thread, and in my area where i live it is still somewhat common to the point where i don't find it obnoxious, its like if some character said y'all all the time to me thats obnoxious and to others it isn't, thus my joke.