Posted by Septach on December 04, 1999 at 12:01:04:
In Reply to: Septach... posted by Woru on December 04, 1999 at 11:10:28:
> You're all wrong, bud. There's a difference between using modern english words such as "it," "and," and "the," and using modern slang phrases such as "good cop bad cop." Whereas the language we use (read: word choices) are forced upon us because we only know the modern tongue, whole phrases which bear no meaning upon the time in which CF is based, rather, which are wholly based in OUR time, should and easily can be avoided at all costs. "Good cop bad cop" being one example... "get the fuck out of Dodge" being another prime example. *cough* Hilaene The point was we have no idea (unless you are a specialzed MA or PhD holder) of what the colloquial terminology was in the middle ages; the time period cf is set in. Keeping this in mind, I see no problem using modern day popular phrases as substitute. And if you think words like "it" and "the" are modern (ie a relatively new lexiconographic invention), I can also tell you you're wrong there as well.