@greenfaery Icelandic is many kinds of awesome, but its spelling is deeply sane. Not so Old Irish. @jurieongames @tnielsenhayden @iucounu
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Replying to @evilrooster
@evilrooster@Greenfaery@jurieongames@iucounu I used to refuse to copyedit fantasy that used Irish unless the author sent a style sheet.3 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @tnielsenhayden
@tnielsenhayden@evilrooster@Greenfaery@iucounu I spent the whole book saying “Mehbuhduhbuh” instead of “Mev” (for “Maebhdh”).1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
Replying to @JurieHorneman
@jurieongames@evilrooster@Greenfaery@iucounu I secretly assume only the first syllable or two matter, and the rest is just for swank.1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
Replying to @tnielsenhayden
@tnielsenhayden I have a bad habit of doing that with everything after the 1st letter of character names@jurieongames@greenfaery@iucounu3 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @evilrooster
@evilrooster@tnielsenhayden@jurieongames@Greenfaery@iucounu They all look sexy. Until you realize they're pronounced "Cully" & "Tad."3 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @matociquala
@matociquala@evilrooster@jurieongames@Greenfaery@iucounu … just saying “Hey Rory, buy me a beer.”3 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @tnielsenhayden
@tnielsenhayden And that there is why I get so annoyed at translations of Latin & Greek that deliberately make it sound archaic and formal.2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @fadeaccompli
@fadeaccompli False exoticization. The linguistic equivalent of Orientalism.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @tnielsenhayden
@tnielsenhayden Yes. And such a THING in classics for a while that translations made before a given date are all but unreadable to me.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
@fadeaccompli The first Aeneid trans I read, I was struck by how unpretentious and straightforward the language was. Guess I got a good one.
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