Post by Cris on Apr 26, 2010 20:29:10 GMT -8
Fri Apr 10, 2009 4:45 am JenDiMarco wrote:
A question has come up recently and I wonder if anyone has spoken privately with EJ about it (or if EJ has a free moment -- I know how busy she is -- perhaps she can post real quick. No need for anything fancy, just a sentence or two).
On Earth. When speaking in English, do Celestials use wouldn't, shouldn't, couldn't, didn't etc or do they use would not, should not, could not, did not, etc?
Fri Apr 10, 2009 4:58 am EJ wrote:
Hey, Jennifer. Still at work. Yes, contractions. On the run but the answer is so simple: Celestials don't use them unless they are very good at a Human morph. Their use of any Human language would be formal, stiff. Hope this helps!
Sun Apr 12, 2009 11:30 pm JenDiMarco wrote:
Very! So only Celestials *very* good at morphing would drop the formal speech and contractions? (Like maybe Hylonome and Kianira)?
Mon Apr 13, 2009 12:11 am AreaneCreator wrote:
It would make sense to me that unless a Celestial used their human morph often or really knew human society, it wouldn't be in their nature to communicate the way humans do. I mean, unless a Celestial was experienced with vocal speech it may be even unusual to rely on a human tongue and mouth so often. For example, when she first had a human morph, Ganymede hated it. She didn't talk much and was really fairly awkward as a human being (socially). However, I think characters like Eliena and Lynor would be very passable humans not only because they've been in human morph so often and so long, but they're also used to 3D forms. Celestials would have to get used to human culture.
Wed Apr 29, 2009 12:44 am JenDiMarco wrote:
That makes perfect sense, yes. Eliena and Lynor would absolutely be able to "pass."
A question has come up recently and I wonder if anyone has spoken privately with EJ about it (or if EJ has a free moment -- I know how busy she is -- perhaps she can post real quick. No need for anything fancy, just a sentence or two).
On Earth. When speaking in English, do Celestials use wouldn't, shouldn't, couldn't, didn't etc or do they use would not, should not, could not, did not, etc?
Fri Apr 10, 2009 4:58 am EJ wrote:
Hey, Jennifer. Still at work. Yes, contractions. On the run but the answer is so simple: Celestials don't use them unless they are very good at a Human morph. Their use of any Human language would be formal, stiff. Hope this helps!
Sun Apr 12, 2009 11:30 pm JenDiMarco wrote:
Very! So only Celestials *very* good at morphing would drop the formal speech and contractions? (Like maybe Hylonome and Kianira)?
Mon Apr 13, 2009 12:11 am AreaneCreator wrote:
It would make sense to me that unless a Celestial used their human morph often or really knew human society, it wouldn't be in their nature to communicate the way humans do. I mean, unless a Celestial was experienced with vocal speech it may be even unusual to rely on a human tongue and mouth so often. For example, when she first had a human morph, Ganymede hated it. She didn't talk much and was really fairly awkward as a human being (socially). However, I think characters like Eliena and Lynor would be very passable humans not only because they've been in human morph so often and so long, but they're also used to 3D forms. Celestials would have to get used to human culture.
Wed Apr 29, 2009 12:44 am JenDiMarco wrote:
That makes perfect sense, yes. Eliena and Lynor would absolutely be able to "pass."
