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       Re: What Sort Of Fluffy Ponies Are We Dealing With Here?
       By: Lord Anubis Date: July 30, 2012, 12:27 pm
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       [quote author=Marcusmaximus link=topic=8.msg2046#msg2046
       date=1343668901]
       This is a very interesting question.
       I don't think I've ever seen a fluffy pony story in which they
       actually THOUGHT with the speech impediment. The most common
       approach seems to be that, if you're reading from a Fluffy POV,
       the vocabulary reflects the Fluffy perspective ("big white
       monster", "boo-boo juice") but doesn't include the standard
       Fluffy grammatical errors or mispronounciations. (ie, "you do
       not like the big monster" vs "fwuffy no wike big munsta!")
       Personally, I think that a story written entirely in Flufftard
       would be REALLY hard to read.[/quote]
       I've read some. They're really really hard to understand. And
       only new writers make that mistake, so the stories are rarely
       worth reading to begin with.
       Some people go with a very choppy, simplistic writing style when
       writing from a fluffy's POV, which works for them, as it shows
       how limited their thinking is.
       [quote]
       In my Little Smarty stories, I intentionally tried to keep the
       actual dialogue to a minimum for exactly that reason - even
       though it's all fluffy perspective, it makes it a bit easier to
       understand. (Plus I outright cheat fairly often when forced to
       describe something that a fluffy would not understand and might
       confuse the author if not clarified: "There's a big white square
       thing that hums. Is it a monster? Well, no, it's actually a
       refrigerator, but you don't know that because you're a fluffy.")
       [/quote]
       Yeah, I like when people make it clear what a fluffy's referring
       to if it's kind of abstract.
       #Post#: 2055--------------------------------------------------
       Re: What Sort Of Fluffy Ponies Are We Dealing With Here?
       By: Mayclore Date: July 30, 2012, 2:46 pm
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       [quote author=Lord Anubis link=topic=8.msg2045#msg2045
       date=1343667928]
       [quote author=Mayclore link=topic=8.msg2043#msg2043
       date=1343667555]
       Huh.
       I don't think I've ever internally vocalized fluffy pony speech,
       so I don't know.
       [/quote]
       You did it for Cherry, didn't you?
       [/quote]
       Well, those were narrated thoughts.  I didn't actually structure
       them into unspoken fluffy pony speech.  I think.
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