"zomg" (pronounced like it's spelled, not "zee-oh-em-gee")
Which again caused slight breakage for me, because I have no idea how that might sound. Is that 'o' long, or short? Why does it sound like there's a dipthong, when I say it?
This would be where the verbatim speech element is just a little too verbatim for the published world, just like trying to mimic accent just makes for a mess on the page. We just don't all 'hear' sounds the same way, and if an author's going to muddle about in pop-culture, the least s/he could do is push the edges and come up with something legible and characterizing without also tripping me up mid-story.
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Date: 14 Jan 2009 06:53 pm (UTC)Which again caused slight breakage for me, because I have no idea how that might sound. Is that 'o' long, or short? Why does it sound like there's a dipthong, when I say it?
This would be where the verbatim speech element is just a little too verbatim for the published world, just like trying to mimic accent just makes for a mess on the page. We just don't all 'hear' sounds the same way, and if an author's going to muddle about in pop-culture, the least s/he could do is push the edges and come up with something legible and characterizing without also tripping me up mid-story.