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Bookmark or Share- language - Can I use "fuck" as a non-vulgar verb in a fantasy/steampunk ...There are levels of society where using strong language is common. The lower classes (or however you want to call them) don't use euphemisms such as "sleeping together" or "going to the restroom", but use "fuck" and "shit" to denote these activities.
- language - If I use symbols like - Writing Stack ExchangeIn my earlier question Could I use strong language?, I was wondering if I could use strong language in my mid-grade book. This time I wanted to ask if someone could tell me is it okay for me to use symbols to replace the curse words so that the reader wouldn't be too affected by the strong language.
- Is there a resource to help find the right connotative meaning?You can also see the excerpt from which the line was selected. Then you can judge the connotation of the word. I would not rely on asking other people how they interpret the word, unless you are around English graduate students or professors. Most people are not savvy enough to delve into the analysis of language use.
- How to write dialogue for someone who is intelligent but barely speaks ...Words such as computer or programmer share the roots across most of the modern world (except notably in French, which has a strong language authority). Two professionals from different or analogous domains would be able to have something of a conversation using only technical terms.
- language - Should I stick with American terminology in my English set ...Keep in mind that Harry Potter (and the rest) is a British book by a British author and published in Britain. When it was released in America, it was in fact edited slightly (the title being the most obvious, though that wasn't really a language issue). Here's one discussion about it and here's another –
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