I read a book years ago in which every character but one had a phonetic meant-to-be-Irish accent. They thought in these accents. It was just barely comprehensible, but then I'd be hit with logic and be thrown completely out of the book. Besides saying 'Bob had an accent', I only denote them when I think it's funny-- a character named Venned in a land where B and V are very similar, so everyone calls him Benned (works better because Benned is so nice-sounding, and Venned is sort of cruel-sounding) and even though that might not stay, it's making me happy now. Elves do slant Tolkien for me, though elfs is more shoemaker-style. I have no synonyms for you.
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Date: 2007-06-26 05:45 pm (UTC)Besides saying 'Bob had an accent', I only denote them when I think it's funny-- a character named Venned in a land where B and V are very similar, so everyone calls him Benned (works better because Benned is so nice-sounding, and Venned is sort of cruel-sounding) and even though that might not stay, it's making me happy now.
Elves do slant Tolkien for me, though elfs is more shoemaker-style. I have no synonyms for you.