tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6824896765631412903.post4117137008972424185..comments2023-09-05T12:51:25.656-05:00Comments on edittorrent: "Idiolect": Your voice, your word choiceEdittorrenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14295505709568570553noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6824896765631412903.post-30857891278762058672010-12-27T02:38:52.716-06:002010-12-27T02:38:52.716-06:00I'm not sure about my writing, but when I met ...I'm not sure about my writing, but when I met my husband (he'd been living in Toronto, Cananda for almost a year) he forever mimicked me saying "actually". I never realised how much I said "actually", not until he picked me up every single time I said it, lol!<br /><br />Merry Christmas :)<br /><br />BTW - I'm enjoying your book, Alicia :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6824896765631412903.post-2061139554458078252010-12-26T18:00:16.450-06:002010-12-26T18:00:16.450-06:00That's a good idea about Wordle! I should try ...That's a good idea about Wordle! I should try that.Edittorrenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14295505709568570553noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6824896765631412903.post-69741486340756429162010-12-26T12:56:17.838-06:002010-12-26T12:56:17.838-06:00I use a lot of contrast: "but", "ho...I use a lot of contrast: "but", "however", and em-dash sentence endings. I also use the "not only" sentence construction more frequently than most. I'm trying to cure most of those issues. :)Jami Goldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00957122956518765455noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6824896765631412903.post-5618007086924959672010-12-25T20:15:48.363-06:002010-12-25T20:15:48.363-06:00I think I can ask Page Four to give me most used w...I think I can ask Page Four to give me most used words, but I'm sure they'll be boring. ;) Also, it depends a little bit on if I'm writing contemporary or steampunk. Or how long it's been since I've seen a Gilmore Girls rerun, because that ups my usage of the word "unbelievable" by a lot. ;)<br /><br />But I know I tend to talk about coffee a lot - even in historical writing, although then I do try to talk about tea. But it's visceral. Any character I relate to drinks copious amounts of coffee and feels strongly about it. In fact, probably all of my sketchy or unreliable characters don't really care for coffee...Robin Lemkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12254896327174187893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6824896765631412903.post-73196800506157714942010-12-25T09:38:58.917-06:002010-12-25T09:38:58.917-06:00Mine is definitely archaic words and phrases I hea...Mine is definitely archaic words and phrases I heard oldtimers use when I was a kid on my family farm.Weshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03077791761104576436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6824896765631412903.post-84557312503915645172010-12-24T22:04:21.693-06:002010-12-24T22:04:21.693-06:00I think my favorite is "Of course." I ha...I think my favorite is "Of course." I have to stop myself from using it too much!<br /><br />Merry Christmas!Stacy McKitrickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07898731847653710759noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6824896765631412903.post-33193938372409200302010-12-24T20:57:51.376-06:002010-12-24T20:57:51.376-06:00After I'd moved away from Canada for at least ...After I'd moved away from Canada for at least 15 years, I read a well known newspaper columnist in the Toronto Star -- and was amazed at how similar our styles were. <br /><br />I'll wager someone could develop a tool to identify your idiolect without too much difficulty. Consider something like Wordle, which makes word clouds of a longer piece. All you'd need to do is compare your word frequencies against a norm (say, Google Books in the last 10 years). <br /><br />Everyone has their pet phrases, and words they lean on too much. I could see your idiolect as a helpful too for helping to identify that.JohnOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04761555703224981053noreply@blogger.com