#the other 50% would be asking him about the catalan references because i am nothing if not predictable
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Also I realize that the answer is probably just reading enough period sources but as a linguist I really do need to pick Patrick O'Brian's brain about where in the world he got his different speech patterns from
#mostly just fascinated because they are mostly not based on modern speech patterns#and maximum respect to him for that period pieces should be in period language and that includes different sociolects/dialects#but i'm just really really interested what he took them from. like i want to read the source material#also as someone who knows virtually nothing about irish english i didn't notice most of stephen's irish speech patterns#until after reading the golden ocean which makes them much more obvious#but i'm curious if (1) they're recognizably modern and/or period irish and (2) what the irish people here think of them#generally inclined to trust him on it because it's unexpected enough that i feel like it's probably at least slightly based on sources#i just have no frame of reference for it#anyways when i say that i need to talk to patrick o'brian you have to understand that this would be minimum 50% of the conversation#the other 50% would be asking him about the catalan references because i am nothing if not predictable#perce rambles#aubreyad#The Creative Endeavor and other aubreyad nonsense
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