Old Timey Books
Sep. 16th, 2014 06:43 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
angelicmobster8One thing I love about old-timey books, is that certain words had different meanings back then. You know this, yet still giggle like a child a bit when you see them. Except for "faggot". I know it meant a bunch of sticks for a fire, but it still takes me off guard. But when you come across things like "He licked him violently" meaning punched, you're like "bahahahaha". This happened in Vanity Fair. HG Wells used "ejaculated" a lot.
Another thing is, when there's a character with a heavy accent and their dialogue is written in the accent. It doesn't always make sense if the book is in the form of letters or diaries (like Dracula). Would a 19th century person really bother to write down the words the way they are accented? Dr. Seward in Dracula recites his diary on a phonograph, does he actually speak in the accent? I noticed this in Wuthering Heights as well. Did Nelly Dean really speak in Josephs accent while telling the story to Lockwood? It seems kind of unnecessary. But funny.
For some reason, Jonathan is very Keanu Reeves in my head, even though Keanu was horrible in that movie. It's not happening with the other characters.
Am listening to a playlist inspired by Percy Bysshe Shelley.
Another thing is, when there's a character with a heavy accent and their dialogue is written in the accent. It doesn't always make sense if the book is in the form of letters or diaries (like Dracula). Would a 19th century person really bother to write down the words the way they are accented? Dr. Seward in Dracula recites his diary on a phonograph, does he actually speak in the accent? I noticed this in Wuthering Heights as well. Did Nelly Dean really speak in Josephs accent while telling the story to Lockwood? It seems kind of unnecessary. But funny.
For some reason, Jonathan is very Keanu Reeves in my head, even though Keanu was horrible in that movie. It's not happening with the other characters.
Am listening to a playlist inspired by Percy Bysshe Shelley.
