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Re: They made me cringe a little too. ? Send a noteboard - 31/08/2012 01:05:17 AM
It's not simply because she's Fae, because so is the guy at the Inn in the present story and he doesn't speak that way, though it's entirely possible that he only doesn't because he's been with Kvothe for a while and has adapted human accents.


Hmm Bast, yes, that's true.

But I believe, if I remember, that Kvothe noted that Felurian spoke without any hard edges, an alien sort of inflection, a sound like birds, and the lack of capital letters is an attempt to convey that idea whenever she speaks. It's probably supposed to make us cringe, because Felurian is not human at all, and doesn't care to pretend to be. It's still a little weird, but it's a justifiable stylistic choice.


Yeah I caught that description, and thought that may be the reason for the lack of capital letters. I guess it makes sense...in an odd sort of way. But if I tYpeD THis SenTenCe LikE THiS would you as the reader say it any differently?

I can see where he's coming from, but not where he's going.
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A quick question on Patrick Rothfuss's The Wise Man's Fear - 30/08/2012 10:47:25 PM 2711 Views
They made me cringe a little too. - 30/08/2012 10:55:36 PM 943 Views
Re: They made me cringe a little too. - 31/08/2012 01:05:17 AM 948 Views
I mean, I don't think this is that obscure - 31/08/2012 05:24:22 PM 847 Views
Has it been used elsewhere? *NM* - 01/09/2012 12:30:14 AM 486 Views
Has any other author done something like that? Hm. - 01/09/2012 07:15:29 PM 809 Views
Oh okay. - 03/09/2012 12:40:41 PM 773 Views
Read Pratchett. You are missing out otherwise. - 03/09/2012 04:47:19 PM 845 Views
Because only humans use capital letters when they speak...wait, what? *NM* - 30/08/2012 11:48:50 PM 418 Views
Ohh I get it now *NM* - 31/08/2012 01:05:50 AM 401 Views
To highlight her Otherness. - 31/08/2012 05:23:22 PM 772 Views
I have to agree... - 01/09/2012 12:32:03 AM 892 Views
Re: I have to agree... - 01/09/2012 01:10:33 AM 907 Views
You know, I misread the Cthaeh to be the tree itself, and I'm a little bummed it's not. *NM* - 01/09/2012 11:26:07 AM 357 Views
Same here. *NM* - 03/09/2012 04:48:08 PM 357 Views
All true... - 01/09/2012 01:34:47 PM 871 Views
I agree with the other responses, and IIRC wasn't Felurian's name capitalized in that section? - 01/09/2012 11:04:16 PM 769 Views
Well it certainly is capitalized in Kvothe's narration... - 03/09/2012 12:45:34 PM 808 Views
I just got to that part in my reread. - 03/09/2012 03:24:48 PM 860 Views
Oh cool *NM* - 03/09/2012 04:06:32 PM 398 Views
Yep. Confirmed. - 03/09/2012 04:46:11 PM 925 Views

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