8yo: [Friend] got so frustrated, he said a swear word on the playground.
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8yo: [Friend] got so frustrated, he said a swear word on the playground.
Me: Does [friend] swear a lot?
8yo: He plays Fortnite on his phone.
There are novelists working today who use more words to develop character to a far lesser extent.
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8yo: [Friend] got so frustrated, he said a swear word on the playground.
Me: Does [friend] swear a lot?
8yo: He plays Fortnite on his phone.
There are novelists working today who use more words to develop character to a far lesser extent.
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8yo: [Friend] got so frustrated, he said a swear word on the playground.
Me: Does [friend] swear a lot?
8yo: He plays Fortnite on his phone.
There are novelists working today who use more words to develop character to a far lesser extent.
@pretensesoup To be fair, a lot of those words go to making the reader feel like Fortnite is something they have such cultural instincts about.
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8yo: [Friend] got so frustrated, he said a swear word on the playground.
Me: Does [friend] swear a lot?
8yo: He plays Fortnite on his phone.
There are novelists working today who use more words to develop character to a far lesser extent.
@pretensesoup @mhoye one of my favourite recent examples is from Stephen Fearing’s “Sunny”:
“Sunny’s Dad was one hard ticket
Mother was a hard ticket’s wife” -
@pretensesoup @mhoye one of my favourite recent examples is from Stephen Fearing’s “Sunny”:
“Sunny’s Dad was one hard ticket
Mother was a hard ticket’s wife”@irvingreid
Oh, that was a lovely song, and you're right---a good, concise description! Thank you! -
@pretensesoup To be fair, a lot of those words go to making the reader feel like Fortnite is something they have such cultural instincts about.
@WizardOfDocs That's true. I know almost nothing about Fortnite specifically, just the reputation of online games.
My husband's response later was, "Then he's heard everything--every possible curse word, and neologisms the likes of which we can barely imagine," which I think would do for a follow-up line if I were writing this.
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@WizardOfDocs That's true. I know almost nothing about Fortnite specifically, just the reputation of online games.
My husband's response later was, "Then he's heard everything--every possible curse word, and neologisms the likes of which we can barely imagine," which I think would do for a follow-up line if I were writing this.
@pretensesoup I really hope someone is doing Fortnite linguistics
My intro to linguistics class way back when was taught by someone doing PhD work on how WoW players talk
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