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someone should write a novel concerning this issue~

ana ♡ wrote: "someone should write a novel concerning this issue~"

i totally agree!

but also in salted fish the gong uses all sorts of modern language, well at least in the english translation. im not sure how different it is in the original, but im pretty sure they wouldn't say things like "what a flex" in ancient china...

ana ♡ wrote: "but also in salted fish the gong uses all sorts of modern language, well at least in the english translation. im not sure how different it is in the original, but im pretty sure they wouldn't say t..."

the gong wasn't the one who transmigrated? then yeah idk a bit weird.

i tried reading that novel but never could move past chap 1 so i doubt ill be picking it up any time soon anyway

nah the gong transmigrated, but the shou didn’t really pay much attention to it? at least he didn’t crack it at the point where i dnfed which is more than 40 chapters. i guess everyone in ancient china was fluent in internet speak…

This kind of thing bothers me in time travel as well. Or in a lot of historical movies where everyone just "magically" speak the same language.

If I remember correctly this issue was adressed at least a little in Beloved Pet Fish because Li Yu can't read all old texts and he also teaches Mu Tianchi new words such as 'boyfriend' :D and in How to survive as a villain, nobody has any idea what Xiao Yu'an is rambling all the time because he often quotes modern philosophers and politicans haha

@monique you remember correctly! I'm reading it rn and Li Yu has problems reading/ writing and sometimes people have no idea what he's saying too xD like he said 'I need a sec' and Wang Xi was like 'Who's Aseck'? (that line took me out haha)

Monique wrote: "If I remember correctly this issue was adressed at least a little in Beloved Pet Fish because Li Yu can't read all old texts and he also teaches Mu Tianchi new words such as 'boyfriend' :D and in H..."
thats a bit different from what i was talking about thou. i mean the spoken language itself was different from the modern version. a modern person wouldnt be able to understand what an ancient person was saying and vice versa. the modern mandarin pronunciation is actually very recent and was only standardized in mid-20th century from what i understand.
i guess the implied assumption here is when someone transmigrates they get the memories of the person they transmigrated into hence why they speak the ancient version intuitively or smth but i think itd make for a great idea to have the mc not understand the spoken language at all and have them learn it consciously.

Nel wrote: "Monique wrote: "If I remember correctly this issue was adressed at least a little in Beloved Pet Fish because Li Yu can't read all old texts and he also teaches Mu Tianchi new words such as 'boyfri..."

I would eat this up! I think its like that with most languages though, like trying to read english or german from the middle ages is so confusing and I understand only about every 3rd word ;_;

Linn wrote: "Nel wrote: "Monique wrote: "If I remember correctly this issue was adressed at least a little in Beloved Pet Fish because Li Yu can't read all old texts and he also teaches Mu Tianchi new words suc..."

yeah true. reading old texts is not for the weak hah

for the ones i've read the mc's are just in a fake historical period where the language & writing is just magically similar to modern chinese lol

trice (semi ia) wrote: "for the ones i've read the mc's are just in a fake historical period where the language & writing is just magically similar to modern chinese lol"

thats deffo very convenient for them haha

a really interesting thought tbh

Linn wrote: "@monique you remember correctly! I'm reading it rn and Li Yu has problems reading/ writing and sometimes people have no idea what he's saying too xD like he said 'I need a sec' and Wang Xi was like..."

I had this scene in mind but couldn't remember what sentence it was. I was laughing so much here 😂😂😂