From: brendawriter@yahoo.com
On 7/13/2015 5:09 PM, Dorothy J Heydt wrote:
> In article ,
> William Vetter wrote:
>> Michelle Bottorff wrote:
>>> William Vetter wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> I do not see very much idiosyncratic grammar that should be obvious
>>>> evidence of separate languages.
>>>
>>> Obvious idiosyncratic grammar was what I was trying to get away from.
>>>
>>> That's why I needed to bring the story to a halt and spend some time
>>> coming up with something a little more subtle and refined before
>>> continuing on. :)
>>>
>>> Thanks for your feedback!
>>>
>>> It sounds like the cultural clutter is masking any underlying linguistic
>>> traits. And that's problably happening in my head as well as on paper,
>>> which would explain why I'm struggling. So...
>>>
>>> ...that means that my next exercise should probably be to have someone
>>> who knows both languages say the same thing in first the one, and then
>>> the other.
>>>
>>> Aha! Yes. That ought to get me what I need.
>>>
>>> Thank you!
>>
>> How's about some of you brave authors answer her question, instead of
>> takin' off on thread discussions?
>
> Well, her question (IIRC) amounted to "How should *I* indicate
> alian language while writing in English so my readers can read
> it?" Which, really, none of us can answer with "You should do X,
> Y, or Z," since no writer can with impunity tell another writer
> what to do or how to do it.
>
> I gave an example of the Martian-accented Terran I'm currently
> doing; whether it'll be accepted by readers remains to be seen.
>
> That's really all anybody can do.
>
And I gave another, entirely orthogonal (as is my wont) to everyone
else's. Train your ear, and the you can 'hear' the characters!
Brenda
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