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Re:Monumental Record: the lives of the workers building the ... by Der_Einzige on Tuesday January 11, 2022 @10:55AM (#29893006)
By writing in this style, you try to imagine what an ancient person who sees the world today would describe it as.

I do not know exactly why, but this style of writing is profoundly alienating to me. I think it's because it sounds like it is before our "rational turn" during the enlightenment and renaissance.

I don't mean this in a bad way, but I think your utilization of it is not compelling on its own for your point.

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Re:Monumental Record: the lives of the workers building the ... by kragen on Tuesday January 11, 2022 @06:18PM (#29899856)
I don't think it is bad that it is alienating to you, although I hope that didn't cause you to suffer. Conveying the alien nature of antiquity (and, by implication, of the future) was much of my purpose in thus employing ostranenie.
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