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8367390 No.8367390 [Reply] [Original]

What do you think is the best approach for dialogue in a historical setting like medieval or ancient times? Is it best to avoid words/expressions that "feel modern"? What about deliberate "archaic" style? I think it can devolve into unintentional silliness very easily, so it's a dangerous path...

>> No.8367616

perhaps read a lot of lit closer to that time period, research the etymology of certain words and the source/start of expressions. and i guess depending on the time period, learn about the differences in higher and lower classes' speech

>> No.8367626

>>8367390
Shakespeare didn't bother with any of that crap.

>> No.8368850

learn old english and ancient greek. make sure you learn all the dialects too, because otherwise scholars will be all, why is this nigga talking in a doric accent when he's athenian? is he supposed to be metic or some shit?

>> No.8368860

>>8367390
don't do it if you have to ask /lit/.

>> No.8369898

render it in modern english as much as you can, because reading "Pop cant id cuitin / id cvitin. pop cant / rac beduir bydrydant. / Ar traethev trywruid" means nothing to most people.