Vocabulary

[DoctorM]

Hmmm... I just noticed the fan fic rules and have a delicate question. I understand and agree with the prohibition on Deryni erotica. That makes perfect sense. Vocabulary, though, is a question. I'm going to assume that soldiers, servants, and (yes) nobles in the Eleven Kingdoms have access to the same levels of profanity that we do...and that their actual medieval equivalents did. While I'm not thinking of going beyond the epithets that characters in Patrick O' Brian or Hilary Mantel might use, what is the consensus at the site on vocabulary?

[I'm hoping everyone here knows the story of how Norman Mailer tried to get around 1940s mores and censorship by...changing the spelling of A Certain Word used (frequently) by his WW2 soldiers and marines in "The Naked and the Dead". One of my favorite literary tales.]

[DesertRose]

The rules are, basically, keep it PG13.  In the movies, that means you can get away with one F-bomb per film; we would prefer that you refrain from bombing at all, but you can allude to that particular useful bit of obscenity.

Any language that appears in the books is fair game.  Basically, if KK uses it, you can, too, and if she doesn't (or wouldn't), don't. 

[DoctorM]

Works for me. 

Thanks for the info. Much appreciated.