|
CallaFirestormBW -> RE: speach (10/16/2008 10:35:15 AM)
|
quote:
ORIGINAL: VampiresLair
I prefer proper grammar when my Fox speaks. He is not allowed to use third person for that simple reason.
DV
See, now -this- is what I was referencing earlier. There is a perception within the BDSM community that 3rd-person speech is, somehow, a violation of the rules of grammar. Nothing could be further from the truth, when it is properly applied. 3rd-person speech is a common attribute of many expressions of English grammar. In fact, it is not possible to write an academic paper for publication that is -not- in 3rd person speech.
The problem with 3rd person speech, as far as I've noticed, is that many who use it do not bother to learn how to use it effectively and gracefully. 3rd-person speech is a completely legitimate verbal and written grammatical form. If one is to use it, then it is appropriate to be properly skilled in its presentation. If, as the dominant force in a relationship, one does not wish to make the effort to assure that one's property uses 3rd-person speech effectively and artistically, then it would, perhaps, be best to refrain from requiring its use.
If it is the submissive individual choosing to make use of the 3rd-person perspective, either for personal immersion into one's servitude or as an external display of one's willingness to submit and capacity for submission, then it is imperative upon such a submissive individual to make sure that xhe uses the form effectively and artistically, in order to assure that hir use does not irritate, but is, in fact, an enhancement of the presentation of hir perspective.
And if grammar bores you??? Avoid 3rd-person affectation and blotchy grammatical forms like the plague, or risk finding oneself as the brunt of jokes at the hands of a judgmental, opinionated, and occasionally rather inflexible and obstinate community.
Calla Firestorm
|
|
|
|
