4 ms·
I applaud trying out cool techniques to transform text, but I think this would work better for non-fiction books. Fiction is like a serialization of senses for
by jamesjyu 9y ago
I applaud trying out cool techniques to transform text, but I think this would work better for non-fiction books.
Fiction is like a serialization of senses for your inner director that paints a world in your mind. By lopping off words, you are altering the pacing and tone of the book. Now, maybe your intent is to create a book that has a totally different character than the original, and if it is, then that's fine. But if your intent is to maintain the character of the book, doing a few replacements can do a lot of harm.
Also, most people want to read longer fiction work and be immersed for a while. This is the reason it's generally harder to sell novellas.
PS. Using the 't' contraction instead of 'the' makes this really hard to parse.
- phillc73 9y ago> PS. Using the 't' contraction instead of 'the' makes this really hard to parse. Only in some cases. "...by a young man of large fortune from t'north of England;"[1] This is just about the perfect edit. [1] https://github.com/hugovk/NaNoGenMo-2017/blob/master/03-reducifier/output.txt#L35 https://github.com/hugovk/NaNoGenMo-2017/blob/master/03-redu...
- deckar01 9y agoI have never seen "the" abbreviated (or contracted?) into "t'" before. Is this common in some dialects of English?
- phillc73 9y agoNot a great reference, but best I can find on short notice: https://www.wikihow.com/Speak-With-a-Yorkshire-Accent https://www.wikihow.com/Speak-With-a-Yorkshire-Accent Part 1, Section 4. Edit: The Vocabulary and Grammar section here discusses Definite Article Reduction: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yorkshire_dialect#Vocabulary_and_grammar https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yorkshire_dialect#Vocabulary_a...
- gerdesj 9y agoYes it is. It is common in Yorkshire and Derbyshire at the least - so roughly the north Midlands and up in England. Probably several other regions use it as well. The North of England is often referred to as t'North by pretty much everyone. It is sometimes pronounced a bit like "tut" with the second t silent. The following word is often affected as well. Actually its bloody hard to try and describe. Your best bet is to find something on Youtube spoken with a Yorkshire accent. Good luck trying to understand it!