ATTN: The Dude

[the dude]

ok, i'll own that in some ways, it's better than killing them all, but this is the point i'm making.

 

no fantasy series should reach this point.  seriously.  if it does, then it's gotten away from the writer, and this is a desperate bid to conclude what is (to the auther) an otherwise unsolvable problem.

 

it shows sloppy, lazy work.  it also endorses a policy that is, in a book, stupid, and in reality, well, has segregation ever worked in real life?  i mean, really.  yes, this is a fantasy, but for someone who's writing "real life stories with important themes," his conclusion is a reflection of a practice that is more or less universally rejected.  and this is the brilliant plan that's built up to for what?  11 books?  lazy.  sloppy.  insipid.

 

terry's just all over the place, and everything i hear from him, ever, just serves as proof to me that the guys has no idea whatsoever what he's talking about, or writing, as it were.

 

and you're just provoking me on purpose, aren't you, barm?  :P

[Barmacral]

Say uh... what other book series do you hate?

[the dude]

heh, you know, this is the only one, really.  others i'm more indifferent to.

 

when i think about it, i probably ascribe way too much credit to SoT.  just because Terry thinks his work is important, doesn't mean it really is......

[Ozhammer]

Word dude, word.

As Oz says "Prolific does not mean prodigious"  ;D

[the dude]

i couldn't have said it better myself, oz.  ;D

[Ozhammer]

You could have mate, I didnt include the word "aboot" on purpose for ya!

[the dude]

you callin' me a noofie?  them's fightin' words!

 

eh?  ;)

[Kivam]

you callin' me a noofie?  them's fightin' words!

 

eh?  ;)

 

Hoser  8)

[the dude]

Don't make me start cussin' you out in french, yank.  :D

[Kivam]

Don't make me start cussin' you out in french, yank.  :D

 

Technically, I've also got canadian citizenship (where's that damn "hangs head in shame" smiley)

[Majsju]

Don't make me start cussin' you out in french, yank.  :D

 

Are you calling that gibberish you speak in Quebec French??? ::)

[the dude]

if i can use a french-english dictionary to translate it, then yes, it's french.  8)

[the dude]

Technically, I've also got canadian citizenship (where's that damn "hangs head in shame" smiley)

 

psssh, being canadian kicks ass, man.  we can drink 2 years before you guys.  3 years in quebec.  ;D

 

 

[Barmacral]

Wow, Kivam has Canadian Citizenship? Finally, he admits to being awesome. How can a person hide awesomeness for so long?

[the dude]

oh, kivam's not so bad; for a lawyer.  ;D

[Majsju]

if i can use a french-english dictionary to translate it, then yes, it's french.  8)

 

Then learn how to pronounce the words in said dictionary

[Kivam]

if i can use a french-english dictionary to translate it, then yes, it's french.  8)

 

Then learn how to pronounce the words in said dictionary

 

Says the swede

 

[the dude]

okay, let me couch my same logic in another example.

 

a west virginia hillbilly, no matter how he mangles the language, is still speaking english.  ;)

 

it's a dialect, maj.  it's charming.

 

well, not the hillbilly.

 

 

[Majsju]

Says the swede

 

 

Want me to translate it for you? ;)

 

it's a dialect, maj.  it's charming.

 

When the dialect is so far from the more common ways of pronounciation that it is close to impossible to understand, it is kinda beyond charming.

But then, the only Quebecois I've actually tried to understand was quite drunk, that might have had some influence on the speaking abilities. Of course I was not drunk. Not the slightest. Pssht.

[the dude]

heh, that's a pretty skewed set of statistics you've got there, maj.  you might wanna collect some more data hahahahaha.  :D

[krelianzg]

I believe that if you want to look at it linguistically, Quebecois is indeed French. It's not even a distinct dialect, since Quebec French varies from location to location (Quebec, Ontario, Nova Scotia, etc.). It would be more accurate to call it a French variety.

 

Something like the French spoken in Louisiana has migrated far enough away from the native tongue to be considered a pidgin or creole, but the French spoken by French-Canadians still qualifies as French.

[Majsju]

Bah, the data in this case came from a very pretty girl, and that's good enough for me ;D

[krelianzg]

Understandable.

 

It's a proven fact that attractive women are, in fact, powerful reality warpers.

[the dude]

Bah, the data in this case came from a very pretty girl, and that's good enough for me ;D

 

so, it didn't really matter that you couldn't understand her anyway, right?

[Majsju]

Bah, the data in this case came from a very pretty girl, and that's good enough for me ;D

 

so, it didn't really matter that you couldn't understand her anyway, right?

 

You know, there is one language that is quite global ;D