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Q&A How do authors gain strong familiarity with archaic and extremely rare words?

I've just written a story of around 7000 words that I set in 1611, in a monastery, so wanted to use the old English terms of the day, like 'ye, thou, thee, etc.' Gaining familiarity with these term...

posted 12y ago by amanda witt‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

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#3: Attribution notice added by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-08T02:41:38Z (about 5 years ago)
Source: https://writers.stackexchange.com/a/7147
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#2: Initial revision by user avatar amanda witt‭ · 2019-12-08T02:41:38Z (about 5 years ago)
I've just written a story of around 7000 words that I set in 1611, in a monastery, so wanted to use the old English terms of the day, like 'ye, thou, thee, etc.' Gaining familiarity with these terms was only done by looking at lots of information about it, and repeating the phrases like 'Where art thou" to make it more familiar to myself, and therefore correct, for this story.

#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2013-01-26T03:39:32Z (almost 12 years ago)
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