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Sunday 11 December 2011

Six Sentence Sunday: Slang #2

Here is the continuation from last week's excerpt, demonstrating the use of invented slang. You can read the first part here.
The girl’s mouth dropped open. ‘Ya know, smeared.’ When his blank look persisted, she rolled her eyes. ‘Smeared, wiped, ghasted…’
He shook his head, not getting it.
Killed.
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Author's Note: 'Ghasted' is not a typographical error. However, as we use 'ghosted' to mean killed, I reasoned it was entirely possible a fantasy culture, in which undead ghasts exist, would use 'ghasted' in the same fashion we use 'ghosted'. 

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14 comments:

Alix Cameron said...

Great snippet, I really liked the punchy pace.

Heather Thurmeier said...

Great six. I think he gets it now!

Parkes Gemma said...

Don't you just hate explaining things? Lol! Great six!

Ciara Ballintyne said...

Thanks :-)

Ciara Ballintyne said...

He gets it, but there's a little more yet to th explanation which will come next week.

Ciara Ballintyne said...

Oh yes... and the trick is to explain without boring the reader! Thanks :-)

Siobhan Muir said...

Well, duh! :) Fun six, Ciara.

Ana Hart said...

Ah, I love this! I wish more people would invent slang for their fantasy worlds. It's completely reasonable (and realistic)!

Ciara Ballintyne said...

Thanks!

Ciara Ballintyne said...

I can tell you why - it's HARD! I swear my brain nearly imploded coming up with this. OK, maybe not... but it hurt. :-)

Guilie said...

Love it!  I've found quite a few memorable female characters in this week's posts--it's great to lose the damsel-in-distress attitude :)  Thanks for sharing!

Krystal Wade said...

Nice! I like how I feel her "internal" head slap happening. ;-)

Ciara Ballintyne said...

Oh I don't do damsels in distress! Can't abide them. Wait until you meet Astarl! She'd almost throw up at the very thought of having to pretend to be a damsel in distress!

Ciara Ballintyne said...

That's awesome! It's always nice to know a piece of writing has worked.

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