Am I the only one who, when trying to talk like 1850 takes all the contractions out? As if people in history didn’t use… my apologies… as though they did not use contractions?
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Christa Forster 17:51 on 02/02/2014 Permalink |
Dearest, perhaps you are. Donnie slurs a lot, but I’m not sure that counts as contracting speech.
Ciara 01:53 on 03/02/2014 Permalink |
Oh, I’d figured the style was rather more a consequence of Izzy’s breeding. You know, the language of the Italian Court – as in the “Queen’s English”, the (King’s Italian). As we know, the Queen has limited access to apostrophes and avoids truncations in her palace 😉
Vanessa 08:56 on 03/02/2014 Permalink |
IKR! Contractions are a small move toward vernacular speech and away from formal speech. Although I’m not sure if I avoid contractions for ancient “royalty” as just a simplification of any “ancient” speaker.
Ysidora my BFF!? RU out there? How do you use language??