Last year I read Young Mungo, and there was so much Scottish slang and colloquial language that I had to stop quite often and look things up. (Found a great website/lexicon of slang terms that I referenced frequently!) If I hadn’t, my understanding (and enjoyment) of the novel would have been diminished significantly. Looking up those terms didn’t pull me out of the story; it deepened and enhanced it :)
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Reply to Do you ever Google terms in books that you don’t understand? by imperator-curiosa
Last year I read Young Mungo, and there was so much Scottish slang and colloquial language that I had to stop quite often and look things up. (Found a great website/lexicon of slang terms that I referenced frequently!) If I hadn’t, my understanding (and enjoyment) of the novel would have been diminished significantly. Looking up those terms didn’t pull me out of the story; it deepened and enhanced it :)