Mismatched Language Can Make A Story Funnier
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Language is vital to a story. It can help set tone, create expectations about a protagonist, and place readers in a scene when the language matches the environment.
One very interesting thing is how funny a story can be when language intentionally does the opposite of those things—at least, at first.
For instance, most people wouldn’t imagine a character…
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