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DiapDealer · 08-19-2022, 05:56 AM

I'd have no problem if a third-person narrator used the word "quixotic" in a fantasy novel. But it was spoken out loud in dialogue by a character. Sorry... it just doesn't wash. Neither would I be OK with Sam using the word "goldbergian" when speaking to Frodo. No alternative world character should point out another character''s "malapropisms" in spoken dialogue, in my opinion. Feel free to overlook It if you want. I cannot. *shrug*

It's MY reading rant, and I'm sticking with it.

08-19-2022, 05:56 AM	#348
DiapDealer Grand Sorcerer Posts: 28,734 Karma: 206739468 Join Date: Jan 2010 Device: Nexus 7, Kindle Fire HD	I'd have no problem if a third-person narrator used the word "quixotic" in a fantasy novel. But it was spoken out loud in dialogue by a character. Sorry... it just doesn't wash. Neither would I be OK with Sam using the word "goldbergian" when speaking to Frodo. No alternative world character should point out another character''s "malapropisms" in spoken dialogue, in my opinion. Feel free to overlook It if you want. I cannot. shrug It's MY reading rant, and I'm sticking with it. Last edited by DiapDealer; 08-19-2022 at 06:03 AM.