Words Steven Erikson uses waaaayyyyy too much

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drew wrote:Potsherds (In DG anyways)
^that's the one that I remember occurring annoyingly often
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It's funny how he likes to use a word as a proper name and as just a word itself. He says "assail" an awful lot, and in RG, I'm noticing "mock" a lot, too (Mock's Keep, the Mockers, Mockra). There are a few other words that he uses both ways, too, but I can't think of them at the moment.

Edit: Remembered a couple of others: Errant (duh!) and Torrent.
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drew wrote:Potsherds (In DG anyways)
Well done Mr Erikson! You made it to page 439 of Toll The Hounds before using potsherds!
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Really?!? 8O I wasn't paying attention, but I'm amazed he made it that far!!
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He's an archaeologist, what do you expect?
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He's also a writer, would use of a thesaurus be too much to ask? :lol:
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Murrin wrote:He's an archaeologist, what do you expect?
Exactly. How does an archaeologist who is writing about ruins of ancient civilizations go 439 pages without using the word potsherds? When is the word faith first used in the Bible? :lol:
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I bet Erikson is subscribed to a 'word of the day' mailing list. Toll the Hounds has the word 'ephemeral' once every few pages. People are scowling (slightly) less, though.
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aliantha wrote:"bared his teeth"
Being fairly early on in the series, this phrase appears a lot!

Karsa often bares his teeth, but says nothing...

They also scowl a lot!
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"must needs" is driving me mad, and I've only just started Midnight Tides!
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Y'know, I couldn't think of a single one. I've never noticed overuse of words in these books. I should never have read this thread. Bastards. ;)

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"Mortal" is one I've noticed....
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