Repeated Words

Lambolt · Posted: Sun Oct 31, 2004 5:49 pm Post subject: Repeated Words

Anyone else notice that SRD seems to pick on a few words which he uses again and again, often within a few pages of each other. I think the editor didn't do a great job in picking this up, it did come across as a bit amateurish at times

examples

"puissant"
"frangible"
"succour"
"cerements"

there are others too, but I'm too tired to list them all.

CovenantJr · Posted: Sun Oct 31, 2004 6:59 pm Post subject:

I definitely notice frequent recurrences of "puissant". However, no over-use matches "Don't touch me" in the Second Chrons Cussing

skurj · Posted: Sun Oct 31, 2004 7:09 pm Post subject:

Too much puissance, definitely.

Lauralin · Posted: Sun Oct 31, 2004 8:45 pm Post subject:

Formication. Sounds like something Adept Havelock says alot, and is repeated about a dozen times in what amounts to one scene. Confused

Something about the sensation of ants crawling all over one.
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CovenantJr · Posted: Sun Oct 31, 2004 9:01 pm Post subject:

Oh aye, formication was abominably over-used.

W.B. · Posted: Mon Nov 01, 2004 7:44 am Post subject:

Well, yeah...with Donaldson, repetition of some words comes with the territory. Smile

P.S.

beneficence (things, especially the Land)
opalescent (Anele)
moonstone (Anele)
indefeasible (Stave)
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ur-bane · Posted: Mon Nov 01, 2004 10:00 am Post subject:

One word that I picked up on more than any other was
"illimitable."

But that's OK, I still enjoyed the book!
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Seareach · Posted: Mon Nov 01, 2004 10:32 am Post subject:

I got tired of the use of "percipience".

Lauralin · Posted: Tue Nov 02, 2004 4:40 am Post subject:

Yeah, I noticed that one too.

At least in this one, SRD didn't keep repeating phrases in Linden's mind in the manner of "are you not evil," "don't touch me," "you are being forged...", etc. For instance, I rather expected the "I am content" lineto become much more annoying than it actually did.
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Roynish · Posted: Tue Nov 02, 2004 11:21 am Post subject:

nuk · Posted: Wed Jan 19, 2005 4:38 pm Post subject:

Has anyone ever seen "formication" used before this book? I'd think that a word that I'd never seen in three decades of reading wouldn't be a word that could be used twenty times in a novel. When I read the book again I'll keep track of how many times it pops up.

MrKABC · Posted: Wed Jan 19, 2005 5:27 pm Post subject:

10k Gold Wielder · Posted: Wed Jan 19, 2005 5:34 pm Post subject:

I seem to recall "innominate" cropping up many, MANY times as well...

10k

lurch · Posted: Wed Jan 19, 2005 6:56 pm Post subject: rep's

..Its of my belief that the repitition is for effect and has cause. No, not a better editor is called for. I am sure SRD had to fite for being allowed to repeat as much as he has. As noted by all the above,,its his style in the TC Chronicles....besides,,if one is to spend the energy and time to go look a word up,,,its nice to see the word used often so the effort expended in finding out what is meant,,pays for itself more often. Whats the old saying,,use a word 5 times in a day , and its yours for the rest of your life..I know,," puissance, formication, illimitable,,plus many others,,are owned by most posters here,,because of how often they've ..made comments on them..like,,puissance,,puissance,,puissance...I would consider repitition of normal everyday words more bothersome than some obscure word no other author has been known to use. Fettered is my current favorite,,SRD used the begeezers out of its anti...Unfettered.
.....Yea,,one goes to the gym and works out. " How many reps ya doing? is the question repeated...Well,,these words are the same...builds minds stronger with each repitition........MEL

Akasri · Posted: Wed Jan 19, 2005 10:08 pm Post subject:

Not a word... but a phrase. Vulture wings. They are mentioned *a lot* through the first 6 books.

Threats crowd the air like vulture wings, etc.

Steve Hurtloam · Posted: Thu Jan 20, 2005 12:12 am Post subject:

"eldritch"
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Alynna Lis Eachann · Posted: Thu Jan 20, 2005 1:04 am Post subject:

I wouldn't mind the repetition if it wasn't so back-to-back. I don't mind seeing one rare word twenty times in a book, but not in ten pages' worth of reading. I have to say, "shaft" grated on me, the way it was used over and over at the end.
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ur-James · Posted: Fri Jan 21, 2005 11:01 am Post subject:

Exigency or exigencies was a word I noticed many times.

James

The Pumpkin King · Posted: Fri Jan 21, 2005 8:45 pm Post subject:

The one that annoys me most of all is the preposition "like a geas."

It'd be cool if it was very sparingly used, but it's kind of..overdone.
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