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+ | '''High Imperial''' is the official language of [[Spook]]. |
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+ | |One thing about High Imperial, or Eastern Street Slang, is that it was devised by those who spoke it in order to be intentionally obtuse. So it was hard for people to understand. And so there are a lot of nonsense words thrown in the middle. But, it's also got reversed grammar. 'Wasing the wanting of doing the thing' is 'I wanted to do that.' But you can also throw random words in there. As long as those parts are in there, it'll make sense to those they're speaking to. 'I wanted to do this. Wasing the wanting of doing the thing.' You're putting everything into a gerund. You're starting with the verb and the tense. And you're turning everything into ridiculously bad gerunds. That's it in brief. |
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+ | |Brandon Sanderson on making sense of High Imperial{{qa ref|836|33|How does one make sense of Spook's High Imperial?|date=Sep 22nd, 2012}} |
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− | |The words etched on the gates of Elendel University{{book ref|mb5|5}} |
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+ | | Nicing the not on the playing without.<br> |
Losing the stress on the nip. Notting without the needing of care. - Kelsier<br> |
Losing the stress on the nip. Notting without the needing of care. - Kelsier<br> |
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Riding the rile of the rids to the right.<br> |
Riding the rile of the rids to the right.<br> |
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** If you must refer to the subject do so at '''the end'''. |
** If you must refer to the subject do so at '''the end'''. |
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− | * Use '''nicknames for people''', the language is based off moving the structure of a sentence into as many ''confusing manners'' as possible. In fact, using a '''nickname of a nickname''' is best |
+ | * Use '''nicknames for people''', the language is based off moving the structure of a sentence into as many ''confusing manners'' as possible. In fact, using a '''nickname of a nickname''' is best. |
* ''Adjectives'' come '''first''', Then ''verbs'', even if you form them as nouns |
* ''Adjectives'' come '''first''', Then ''verbs'', even if you form them as nouns |
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** The longer the sentence is it becomes '''symmetrical'''. |
** The longer the sentence is it becomes '''symmetrical'''. |
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** Remember it '''TAV-GuN; Nug VAT''' Those in parenthesis (see above) ''can be swapped'' around with each other. |
** Remember it '''TAV-GuN; Nug VAT''' Those in parenthesis (see above) ''can be swapped'' around with each other. |
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− | *** I don't know where the |
+ | *** I don't know where the u came from; this is how a friend explained it to me. |
− | * It's better to use ''' |
+ | * It's better to use '''shorter sentences''', the longer ones give more '''clarity, which we are trying to avoid''' |
* '''Don't use possessives''' unless they are formed as ''adjectives''. |
* '''Don't use possessives''' unless they are formed as ''adjectives''. |
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Guide dictated by Lady Amdin, written by Sir Kit |
Guide dictated by Lady Amdin, written by Sir Kit |
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+ | An English to High Imperial translator is being worked on by Richard Kopelow. It can be found here: http://highimperialtranslator.com/ |
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− | == Trivia == |
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− | * The dialect's grammatical rules are intentionally vague.{{wob ref|14727}} |
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− | * High Imperial was inspired by a person Brandon knew from the [[Timewasters Guide]] forums, who sometimes posted random gibberish that, upon close inspection, turned out to be rather poetic.{{wob ref|2378}} |
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== Notes == |
== Notes == |