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Originally Posted by DiapDealer
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.  |
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