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Why are those sins? In my opinion they give the book's world its distinctive character.
by StavrosK 7y ago
Why are those sins? In my opinion they give the book's world its distinctive character.
- mortenjorck 7y 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.