The pere was dropping Gawd Bombs.
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The pere was dropping Gawd Bombs.
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And can I hear an amen?
Isn't it weird how Roland can say "ka" and "khef" but can't pronounce Keflex?
I could buy that the "x" might throw him off, but he calls it cheeflet or cheflet (something along that line), like he can't make the "k" sound...
Yeah, I didn't really buy Roland's pronunciation problems considering he is multilingual. Then again I didn't really buy the idea that he only sees dots on TV screens either, (someone from a different time period like the middle ages in our world probably wouldn't have trouble seeing a picture, it's not the tech it's biology of the brain interpreting it, which would be the same) but that's another topic.
From Drawing of the Three, it seemed clear to me that the Low Speech is very similar to English. I remember Roland thinking that he had a bit of trouble understanding what was said but it wasn't that different, more a diallect difference. He also thought that if he was there in the flesh he wouldn't have any difficulty at all, like his mind automatically interprets when travelling to a different world.
High speech though is completely different. I tend to think of it like Latin too, except a bit more widely used among the upper classes. So basically I think the low speech is like a diallect of English (although they don't have any concept of 'English' of course) with some words of High Speech included.
I think that's right...
Spoiler: 05-12-2008 04:52 PMrazzfirs off, i was about to make an innapropriate comment about drunks and drug addicts, but this doesn't seem like the right time. so think of it as this:
how do other languages emerge. isolationism. mixture of culture and language. religion. etc. now every (almost) religion is based off latin. so you will find some words in german, french, english...they sound the same, and usually mean about the same. so imagine that for some reason, a part of america gets broken off and isolated. in a few hundred or a thousand years, probably less, this language will have changed, but not so much that it sounds TOO different from english. think maybe...anglisch. now eventually one of those languages must become dominant. so which one? since the high speech isn't exactly english, we can assume it's that. english dies out, and is replaced by a smaller language. perhaps german. or maybe english almost completely dies out, and before a rise to imperialism, people begin using it to plan. so when they take over, english is revived (obviously some changes would have been made, accidental or on purpose) but since german is now dominant, only a few people close to the ruler who used it would know it. thus higher class people would use it, thus the high speech. 05-12-2008 07:14 PMUnfound OneSo High Speech is a totally different language, not a dialect - is that what you're saying? If so, I agree completely.
Quote:Ah, an excellent question. When I just did my re-read I marked that page but didn't write about it here because I wasn't sure what to make of it...
That's a really interesting idea...
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Good questions Brainslinger... 05-12-2008 07:52 PMWuducynnBoy howdy thats a lot of repetitive posts! :lol: 05-12-2008 07:53 PMBriceWow, Sj! You must have really liked what you had to say here to have said it seven times. :lol: 05-12-2008 07:54 PMBriceThat has gotta be the first septuple post I've seen. 05-12-2008 07:54 PMWuducynnYeah, its a first for me also. 05-12-2008 07:55 PMUnfound One:lol: :rofl: :lol:
Sorry guys, my computer WOULD NOT LOAD.
So I just kept hitting the button.
I fixed it. 05-12-2008 07:55 PMWuducynnAwwwwwwwww :( the more of you the merrier! 05-12-2008 07:56 PMUnfound OneOkay nevermind.
I'm going to leave them.
It's fuckin' hilarous. 05-12-2008 08:05 PMErinOops. I deleted one before I saw you wanted to keep them. Lo siento. Now it's only on there 6 times. :lol: 05-12-2008 08:05 PMBriceYes, it is. :D
And I'm sorry Matthew and I interrupted you posting the same post some more. :P 05-12-2008 08:07 PMUnfound OneHahaha, it's no big deal.
I'm such a goof. 05-12-2008 08:08 PMWuducynn19 repeat posts should do! 05-12-2008 08:10 PMBrice:lol: 01-24-2009 08:37 AMBilly-BumblerThe Great LettersAm I the only one who thinks/realizes that the "Great Letters" are all caps? 01-24-2009 11:41 AMLettiI don't think so. I think there are some letters we don't have or there are some differences. Like High Speech is very similar to English (but they are not the same) that's how the Great Letters are similar to our letters but there must be differences. 01-29-2009 01:08 PMosseolax28I alway thought the HIGH SPEECH was either with i slight Britsih accent (i know wthats wierd) or some other all together because when roland talks to the slow mutant, i think on the way to see S.K., he talks in the high speech and eddie cant understand it 01-29-2009 01:23 PMflaggwalksthelineI thought of it as similar to sindarin-elven... though I had no indication that it was:orely: 01-29-2009 01:42 PMjayson 01-29-2009 01:44 PMosseolax28I dont know much about elveish, none actually, but elvish was another i tought of. Maybe even Latin or some for mof it? 01-29-2009 01:53 PMflaggwalkstheline