That post I made about contractions

[Deadsy 19]

well, the New Spring comic is out now. At the back are e-mails from Robert Jordan to Les Dabel. I'll link at bottom but here is the quote.

 

 

Moiraine speaks without any contractions, but Siuan is much more casual in her speech.

 

NS comic click "search inside" to read emails

Edited January 28, 2011 by Deadsy

[Sam 19]

I personally would really like to know sanderson's take on that.

[Marie 73]

He calls Siuan's speech more casual, I call it more normal.

[Deadsy 19]

He should have said "Moiraine talks like she's Mistress Priss and Siuan is a normal woman."

[Kaitlin 22]

I cannot believe that the lot of you do not think that Moiraine speaks in a normal fashion. Have you not heard others speaking like this? There must be tens of them in the world, at least!

 

She's like a prettier Spock. BS probably doesn't like Spock!

[Deadsy 19]

I cannot believe that the lot of you do not think that Moiraine speaks in a normal fashion. Have you not heard others speaking like this? There must be tens of them in the world, at least!

 

She's like a prettier Spock. BS probably doesn't like Spock!

 

lol. A couple days ago I tried to talk without contractions and it failed miserably. It sounded like I thought I was holier than thou. <3 Moiraine. And you know that's not why she does it. She thinks she's talking like normal people. She's so flowery sometimes too, when she's talking about the stupid Wheel weaving and the Pattern's purpose. She should've been a preacher .

[Ekho 52]

Moiraine does not have the temperament to be a preacher, she would end up getting mad at all the heretics.

 

And yeah, I can imagine talking without contractions would be ridiculously annoying if you are not used to it. It would require actually thinking before talking, which is not my strongest point.

Edited January 30, 2011 by Ekho