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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:

  1. Alix Cameron11 December 2011 at 17:54

    Great snippet, I really liked the punchy pace.

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  2. Heather Thurmeier12 December 2011 at 01:16

    Great six. I think he gets it now!

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  3. Parkes Gemma12 December 2011 at 05:05

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

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  4. Ciara Ballintyne12 December 2011 at 10:20

    Thanks :-)

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  5. Ciara Ballintyne12 December 2011 at 10:20

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

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  6. Ciara Ballintyne12 December 2011 at 10:21

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

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  7. Siobhan Muir12 December 2011 at 10:42

    Well, duh! :) Fun six, Ciara.

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  8. Ana Hart12 December 2011 at 11:15

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

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  9. Ciara Ballintyne12 December 2011 at 13:27

    Thanks!

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  10. Ciara Ballintyne12 December 2011 at 13:28

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

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  11. Guilie13 December 2011 at 12:01

    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!

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  12. Krystal Wade13 December 2011 at 12:13

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

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  13. Ciara Ballintyne13 December 2011 at 12:21

    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!

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  14. Ciara Ballintyne13 December 2011 at 12:23

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

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