Stopped at a gas station and the TV screen at the pump had a word of the day... Maladroitly. Which one of you did this.
I couldn't get my phone out quick enough for a picture.
Side note : started reading Elantris and someone already stepped maladroitly.
Posted Nov 26, 2018, 11:35 PM UTC
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That's actually really funny.
As I was fumbling for my phone I nearly dropped it on the ground maladroitly and started laughing at the irony.
If I'm not mistaken, Brandon used "maladroitly " a total of four times in The Final Empire alone. Glad he fixed that in his later writing, although I'm sure he'll use it again just for the laughs.
How many times did he use ostentatious in Warbreaker? I mean, it fits the Hallendren people but still. It was never distracting but I did chuckle everytime he used it after I noticed how flagrantly he threw the word around.
Edit: I think I noticed "ostentatious" used once in Stormlight and "maladroitly" once as well. There were a lot of bulging eyes though haha.
These are not strange words people! Especially if 90% of your book takes place in a literal emperor's palace! What would you guys have preferred? "It was done full up'a rich shit"?
Yeah I see what you mean. I accepted it as just a part of the Idrien culture. The word, in their language at least, is probably used fairly frequently.
Yeah, for Warbreaker it makes sense since it's one of the tenets of their religion. It would be like people saying that Christians use the word forgiveness too much.
How many times is the allowed usage per novel? 4 times in a novel doesn't seem like that many...
With a long, less common word like maladroitly, that can seem like a lot if you read the whole book in a few hours. Or if the uses are only a few pages apart.
Fans tend to fixate on this word. In reality, there are other words and phrases in these books that are much worse offenders. :)
I think it was only two in TFE. One earlier on when Kelsier robbed House Venture, and later during one of Vin's big fights.