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Comic book author Alan Moore imagines English of the future
Grant Barrett
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2009/04/22 - 12:17pm

Alan Moore has fun with wordplay (Tomorrow Stories 4). “When writers try to portray the world of the far future, they realize that, realistically, English would likely have undergone some changes by that point. There are several ways to do this. You could simply write normal English, only peppering it with the occasional made-up future slang word or profanity (e.g. nass, shock, gorram, etc.) This serves the added bonus of allowing the characters to curse while keeping the stories age-appropriate. Or you could be Alan Moore and just go all out, producing something much crazier.”

Also, a great article about Moore at Slate.

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