[ SECRET POST #2320 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2320 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

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08. [SPOILERS for Iron Man 3]



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09. [SPOILERS for Fire Emblem: Awakening]



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10. [SPOILERS for Superman (1978)]



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11. [WARNING for rape and abuse]



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12. [SPOILERS for The Borgias]
[WARNING for incest]



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13. [WARNING for suicide]

[Gay Purr-ee]


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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

I included Italian in a fic once because the character was half-Italian, born and raised in Italy and tended to slip back into her native tongue when extremely angry or upset.

Right now I'm trying to decide what to do in a new fics. I have three characters: two native English speakers and a character who speaks only her native tongue and French.
Now, the English speakers know French as well. I suppose I could do "said X in French", however, her native tongue still distiguishes between "thou" and "you" and said distinction is also culturally important - they are strangers to her so she'd never, ever address them as "thou."

However, if I use the "said X in French", the distinction is definitely lost. It's not an easy choice.

[(Anonymous)]

Well, maybe you could "translate" her dialogue with "thou" and "you", and note that you're doing that. (Though I guess that might be confusing if other characters don't follow the same convention.) Or maybe have one of the characters notice in the text (not necessarily dialogue) that she's always using the formal/more polite pronoun, if it's notable to them.