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Originally Posted by mattlynn
I had an e-mail this morning from a reader who said he was a big fan of my books, which was nice of course. But he also pointed out that the characters in the Death Force series used the word ‘sodding’ all the time, and it got a bit repetitive.
He’s right, of course. They do, and it is.
There is a reason, however. They are soldiers. In real life it would be fu%£kig this and f!c£king that. And for some reason, I don’t think swearing works very well in books. I don’t have anything against it in real life, and it can work fine in films, but I print it somehow falls flat.
So I use sodding instead.
But maybe that doesn’t quite work either?
Any other writers have any thoughts?
Matt Lynn
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Are your soldiers Brittish? If not, sodding wont work well. If they are American, then Fing this and Fing that is the way to do it. It will just read funny if they use sodding instead of the proper swears. But if they are British, another phrase that can work is bloody hell.