Patti answers “In my book some words are repeated, is...”

Boris asked this question about Dark Eden:

In my book some words are repeated, is this on purpose or is there a reason for this?

Patti It's deliberate, yes. It's a bit like the double-speak in 1984, though it comes about for a totally different reason. They use phrases like "cold-cold…moreIt's deliberate, yes. It's a bit like the double-speak in 1984, though it comes about for a totally different reason. They use phrases like "cold-cold" instead of saying "frigid" because their vocabulary is limited. This language quirk is just one of the brilliant touches the author gave to show how the people have lost their "earthness," so to speak, after only 167 years or so since the first five arrived on Eden.(less)

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