No offense taken. :) You pulled an interesting example with classic Star Trek. It's true, there's a pretty common lexicon used in regards to Scotty (I use cannae, etc). You brought up an interesting point that people know he speaks with a Scottish accent, similar to people know Chekov speaks with a Russian accent or the 'W' replaced with a 'V'.
What I suspect might be happening (at least for me) is we're writing without the assumption the reader would know 'X' or 'Y'. It's like describing what a Klingon looks like despite the fact we all know (then again, depends on which Trek, ROTFL).
I wonder if that influences writing in any way? Because then the visual cues are needed (at least to the writer). There's an apprehension the reader might not know Neal's hair is black, Scotty is a Scot, Fornell pronounces Tony's name, the people of Firefly speaks a dialect of Chinese (that is not Mandarin!!!! LOL), Ezra speaks with a Southern accent and so forth.
It can get irritating, I'm sure, to read what the writer is desperately trying to convey what he/she/it sees onto paper-er-screen.
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Date: 2011-09-26 03:32 am (UTC)What I suspect might be happening (at least for me) is we're writing without the assumption the reader would know 'X' or 'Y'. It's like describing what a Klingon looks like despite the fact we all know (then again, depends on which Trek, ROTFL).
I wonder if that influences writing in any way? Because then the visual cues are needed (at least to the writer). There's an apprehension the reader might not know Neal's hair is black, Scotty is a Scot, Fornell pronounces Tony's name, the people of Firefly speaks a dialect of Chinese (that is not Mandarin!!!! LOL), Ezra speaks with a Southern accent and so forth.
It can get irritating, I'm sure, to read what the writer is desperately trying to convey what he/she/it sees onto paper-er-screen.