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Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel
i think i'm just used to it, i don't really notice it. i even had to think for a while about the rule, it's been a long time since i studied it. plus, as i said, more recent books just use emdashes to indicate dialogue, so it's rarely the case anymore. it makes sense though in a way, setting apart the entire dialogue from the rest of the text. i guess my answer is, it doesn't bother me.  |
I do see the logic in it... and you are probably right, it's jarring to me for my not having encountered it before.
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Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel
very interesting to see all the different rules for dialogue in different languages. i think i've seen the use of emdashes to set off a phrase within a reply, but now i'm trying to remember what language it was in / translated from.
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It is. They are reminders that in some ways, most countries were islands of sorts unto themselves until recently (and some still are). Sometimes part of a group of islands with certain neighbouring and/or friendly countries... but in many ways, the average person's world view (that they probably fancied as being "universal" or at least "just normal/plain sensible") were at best decidedly national if not highly provincial (in the non-prejudicial sense of the word).
- Ahi