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* As a rather [[DownplayedTrope minor]], yet nevertheless legitimate example of this trope, [[NinjaSexParty Daniel Sexbang]] of the ''WebVideo/GameGrumps'' when referring to the areas of a video game, instead of using the more-commonly accepted terms "levels" or "stages", uses the term "boards". Said expression was only typically common during the early ages of video game history and has not been in common lexicon for decades, though this fits in with Daniel's experience [[RetroGaming mainly being rooted in two-dimensional video games.]]

Ladies and Gentlemen, I perceive that you are all familiar with the language conſtruct of which I endeavor to ſpeak! It is the phenomenon among tele-visual programmeſ set in the 1850-1930 era to portray thoſe of the time frame as being flummoxed with the concept of abbreviationſ! As though it never occurred to theſe buffoonſ that ſaying "tele-viſual device" is bulky whilſt they converſe over their electro-magnetic tele-phonic tranſmitterſ!

Furthermore, [[SelfDemonstratingArticle as displayed in this body of work]], hyphens were of common uſage for words with well-defined pre-fixes, as well as thoſe words known to be compound! Indeed, it appears that only in the laſt half-century did the glorious ſibling to the daſh become relegated to its current duties of word-ſplitting and word-wrapping!

This is eſpecially note-worthy ſince those works which actually come to us from the time-frame in queſtion do not diſplay such typographical oddities.

Further reſearch may be found under SesquipedalianLoquaciousness and PurpleProse, ſhould the reader feel the deſire to peruſe them. Some ruffians would claim this to be a ſub-ſet of YeOldeButcheredeEnglishe, but such claims are as diſtanced from reality as the air-borne capabilities of ſwine!

In defenſe of what may appear to be an utterly ſcandalous trope, many publications of the ſeventeenth and eighteenth centuries after the birth of [[{{Jesus}} our Lord, the Christ]], may seem to follow this pattern. Peruſe the writings of Meſſrs. Hume, Locke, Smith, and the ſeveral founders of the United States (or perchance simply the Conſtitution what they wrote), amongſt others! Tranſlators of writers from the European Continent will at times feel an inexplicable and irreſiſtible urge to tranſlate the works of thoſe who lived contemporaneouſly with theſe noble thinkers in the ſame manner. This may indeed be [[JustifiedTrope justifiable]] and entirely in the way of God's Natural Reaſon, for the manner of writing prevalent in Germany and France did indeed tend towards the ſame patterns as their brethren across the Engliſh Channel and the vaſt Atlantic Ocean (which your time for reaſons incomprehenſible and unfathomable to the ſpeakers of our time have termed a "pond") and tranſlation in the ſame ſtyle could be what this inter-communicative data-ſets have termed a "TranslationConvention." Read Rousſeau, Kant, Voltaire, and Goethe at one's own riſk.

We would consider it to be in ''moſt'' good form if you not confuſe us with those ſimply ''GHASTLY'' ruffians over at TalkLikeAPirate. Confuſion with that downright ''archaic'', though charming, form of miſplaced ſpeechification known as FloweryElizabethanEnglish is also to be ſtrenuouſly avoided. One might also find it adviſable to contraſt [[BuffySpeak the linguistic affect of one Elizabeth Summers and her associates]] and SpockSpeak.

** And it is worth noting that Lovecraft himself was influenced by Lord Dunsany (see below). [[ScrewThatNeenerNeener (No, I'm not going to play along and talk like the rest of them.)]]

* In the ''{{Kannagi}}'' sequential art publication, Nagi's out-of-date Japanese is translated in this fashion, with a little of the verbal stylings of the author JRRTolkien admixed in. ("Fool of a Jin!")

* As a rather [[DownplayedTrope minor]], yet nevertheless legitimate example of this trope, [[NinjaSexParty Daniel Sexbang]] of the ''WebVideo/GameGrumps'' when referring to the areas of a video game, instead of using the more-commonly accepted terms "levels" or "stages", uses the term "boards". Said expression was only typically common during the early ages of video game history and has not been in common lexicon for decades, though this fits in with Daniel's experience [[RetroGaming mainly being rooted in two-dimensional video games.]]

* As a rather [[DownplayedTrope minor]], yet nevertheless legitimate example of this trope, [[NinjaSexParty Daniel Sexbang]] of the ''WebVideo/GameGrumps'' when referring to the areas of a video game, instead of using the more-commonly accepted terms "levels" or "stages", uses the term "boards". Said expression was only typically common during the early ages of video game history and has not been in common lexicon for decades, though this fits in with Daniel's experience [[RetroGamer mainly being rooted in two-dimensional video games.]]

* The characters within the Kinematic adaptations of Messr. Tolkein's ''[[Film.LordOfTheRings]]'' speak in this manner, exempli gratia: "It would seem like wisdom but for the warning in my heart."

-->--''[[WebVideo/YuGiOhTheAbridgedSeries The Condenſed Programme of Yu-Gi-Oh!]]'', Epiſode the Thirty-Fifth, [[WholeEpisodeFlashback in which there is much reminiſcing]].

->'''Kaiba:''' Your braſh nature offendſ me, Mr. Moto! I ſhall ſoon put an end to your impertinence!\\
'''Yami:''' You have aſſembled ſeveral creatureſ! Surely this is a violation?\\
'''Kaiba:''' [[ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney My affluence makes a nonſenſe of the regulationſ!]]

->'''Kaiba:''' Your brash nature offends me, Mr. Moto! I shall soon put an end to your impertinence!\\
'''Yami:''' You have assembled several creatures! Surely this is a violation?\\
'''Kaiba:''' [[ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney My affluence makes a nonsense of the regulations!]]
-->--''[[WebVideo/YuGiOhTheAbridgedSeries The Condensed Programme of Yu-Gi-Oh!]]'', Epiſode the Thirty-Fifth, [[WholeEpisodeFlashback in which there is much reminiscing]].

Ladies and Gentlemen, I perceive that you are all familiar with the language construct of which I endeavor to speak! It is the phenomenon among tele-visual programmes set in the 1850-1930 era to portray those of the time frame as being flummoxed with the concept of abbreviations! As though it never occurred to these buffoons that saying "tele-viſual device" is bulky whilſt they converse over their electro-magnetic tele-phonic tranſmitters!

* [[GilbertAndSullivan Sir William Schwenk Gilbert and his associate Sir Arthur Seymour Sullivan]] did write their famed oprettas in the era in question, however, Gilbert still qualified for this discussion by creating dialogue that seemed quaint and antiquated even by the standard of Victorian England, hence its humorous quality. "I wouldn't say a word that would be reckoned as injurious/But to find a mother younger than her son is very curious/And that's the kind of mother that is usually spurious/Tarradiddle Tarradiddle Tol-lol-lay!"

* Her Royal Highness Princess Luna, monarch of our nearest celestial sphere from ''[[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic My Diminutive Equine: Camaraderie Is Enchantment]]'', speaks in such a manner, as is befitting of one who has spent a millennium secreted in an [[TailorMadePrison oubliette.]]

* There exists in the Antipodean capital a publication called ''BMA Magazine''; an undistinguished trifle distributed free for the edification of the unwashed masses. However, the periodical is enlivened by a column entitled "Egads!", in which one Gideon Foxley-Smythe (who purports to be a temporally displaced Edwardian gentleman) lambasts the youth of today for their lack of manners and ludicrously low-hanging trousers.

We would consider it to be in ''moſt'' good form if you not confuſe us with those ſimply ''GHASTLY'' ruffians over at TalkLikeAPirate. Confuſion with that downright ''archaic'', though charming, form of miſplaced ſpeechification known as FloweryElizabethanEnglish is also to be ſtrenuouſly avoided. One might also find it adviſable to contraſt [[BuffySpeak the linguistic affect of one Elizabeth Summers and her associates]].

* In a rather peculiar move, the author of ''HarkAVagrant'' only utilizes this linguistic style in the issue from which her series of illustrations has obtained its name. In general, the characters speak in so-called "modern English", likely to increase the value of comedy.

* Ritual used in Freemasonry is heavy with archaic English usages that often confuse non-members. Actually understanding what's being said is a more effective password than the actual passwords.

* Mr Herriman, the lapine Head of Business Affairs of ''FostersHomeForImaginaryFriends'', articulates his thoughts in this manner without interruption.

* [[WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries Oswald Chesterfield Cobblepot]], known by his similarity to a flight-less bird native of South Pole, is also known for articulating his thoughts in this manner.

* It requires the intense coöperation and stylistic haberdashery to keep the diäcritic marks half as poëtical as they are in a certain New Amsterdam [[TheNewYorker periodical]].