http://faerye.net/post/affectation-and-authenticity-not-an-austen-novelComments on "Affectation and authenticity (not an Austen novel)" - Faerye Net2007-03-13T09:16:11+00:00http://faerye.net/post/affectation-and-authenticity-not-an-austen-novel#comment-2081As I recall...2007-03-13T09:16:11+00:002007-03-13T09:16:11+00:00<p>... when you were around 10 years old, you quite habitually used words such as “likewise” and “pinnacle”, though I imagine that you would have been more likely to use “octopi” than “octopodes”. For what it’s worth, then, there do exist small children with adult vocabularies- but they usually have some interesting reason for being that way. Therefore, follow LadyLong’s suggestion and construct your character’s background such that it would be plausible for her to have a higher-than-average command of language.</p>bedrickhttp://faerye.net/post/affectation-and-authenticity-not-an-austen-novel#comment-2080Little Girls and Octopodes2007-03-12T19:54:30+00:002007-03-12T19:54:30+00:00<p>Easy answer. Just make her a very intelligent and precocious 10-year-old girl, and let her talk the way you do. It would make her ever so much more interesting, at least to me! :)</p>LadyLong