January 30 2021, 01:11

Reading Game of Thrones in the original. Incredibly interesting even after the series. The language becomes very simple once you get into it and figure out the terminology of the world of Games and various medieval stuff like chainmail (in English – mail).

Periodically, there are quite murky sentences where the author decided to show off his full word-formation prowess. Can’t find good examples anymore, but here’s a so-so example on the current page:

Stout, jowly Janos Slynt puffed himself up like an angry frog, his bald pate reddening.

#english

Here’s a good review of the language there:

https://langformula.ru/game-of-thrones/#3

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