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I disagree regarding Game of Thrones. For me, its major sin is cod-medieval spellings — "Ser Jaime misliked his pease porridge" — and invented idioms — "much an
by stupidcar 6y ago
I disagree regarding Game of Thrones. For me, its major sin is cod-medieval spellings — "Ser Jaime misliked his pease porridge" — and invented idioms — "much and more", "mummer's farce", "nipples on a breastplate". It's usually OK about calling a horse a horse and a sword a sword, and only deviating when there's a genuine difference between something and it's real-world equivalent, such as distinguishing leprosy from greyscale due to the latter's semi-magical effects.
- WalterBright 6y ago"ringmail" comes to mind, as well as "bend the knee".
- StavrosK 6y agoWhy are those sins? In my opinion they give the book's world its distinctive character.
- mortenjorck 6y agoI think why it works in Game of Thrones is that it’s used both sparingly and in ways that feel like an alternate-universe feudal European society might plausibly coin them. “Brother-by-law” and “sister-by-law” are particular examples of coinage that feel realistically archaic and foreign, yet aren’t arbitrary “smeerp” words, either.