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McDoogle
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Re: Language in Fantasy
Hey Scribe,
Previously I thought, English...Smeglish! No big deal! Until I saw in your post that you felt torn about this. I'm wondering now if in your writer's heart you sense a need to explain why this world speaks English. Even though it don't seem necessary to be to be explained, if you sense a reason why it's needed (even if you don't understand why you feel this way)...you might actually want to write an explaination for this.
Sometimes writing what's in your heart is superior to what's in your head. While not always the case for me  ...I'm sure you'll do the right thing for your story!
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Re: Language in Fantasy
Well, I just wanted to let you know that my partner suggested an option that worked perfectly. It means that I have a believable history, and most of my story will remain intact. However, it allows great opportunities for broadening my story in book 2.
So, the question, although tormenting, ended up being a good thing. Thanks for your input.
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Re: Language in Fantasy
Happy to help!
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Re: Language in Fantasy
Aren't you going to tell us what you decided to do about it? 
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Re: Language in Fantasy
Hey, yeah! What's the deal!?!
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Re: Language in Fantasy
Well, I've decided to go with real history (many thanks goes to Firle for suggesting this time period) - The English Civil War.
My history starts there. The persecuted people must escape and they are taken to a new land by a noble. When Charles I is executed, they fear what will happen next and the noble will remove the key to getting back to our world.
350 years later...my story begins and they have a perfectly good reason for speaking the English language.
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Re: Language in Fantasy
Excellent! Thanks for sharing that!
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Re: Language in Fantasy
In my stories the person writing the book translated the languages people spoke in. I often have them speaking and after sya "He/She said in (whatever language they speek)
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Re: Language in Fantasy
I, personally, took a curve on this approach.
I decided to have my people speak another language entirely and just imply that it is translated to english.
I demonstrate this with very specialized words that have a much deeper meaning than they do in english.
For instance, Fate, Wulf, and Wyyrd are words that are repeated throughout the story in an enticing way that (hopefully) makes the reader very curious about them.
As the story progresses, the user is introduced to their meaning and they eventually become anchors for very deep emotions associated with the story's theme.
I also added a very intriguing slant onto this by referring to "Old English" and using it to describe terms that have no place in this world.
Things such as Steeyle, Car-gos (cars), and the Great Medium (media) are items that the reader will recognize in context, but wonder how they were introduced to this world.
Hints will be provided on this over time through the series.
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