Post #2012738
2026-04-28 14:56 UTC
@rek one funny variant of the Tiffany problem I've encountered a lot is when the formal/upper class way of saying something becomes the standard and the previously informal/lower class way of saying it ends up sounding more traditional, historical and fancy, so a lot of historical fiction characters end up talking in a scandalously informal way for their station. I guess this would be the "thou" problem.
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@AlexanderVI@stranger.social 2026-04-28 18:38
@Owlor @rek A subproblem of the "General Ignorance of Anachronistic Grammar and Vocabulary Problem", methinks.