computer damage and decline in civilization generally, might also explain specific vocabulary terms getting lost
Possibly, if the story is being told in the character's voice rather than authorial voice, but in that case, to be well done, there should be other instances of corrupted or evolved usage. One stand-alone instance just looks like the author's/editor's/proofreader's goof. (And, in general, I don't like having to tell myself little stories to account for inconsistencies in the text -- that's the author's job.)
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Date: 2011-04-15 09:39 pm (UTC)Possibly, if the story is being told in the character's voice rather than authorial voice, but in that case, to be well done, there should be other instances of corrupted or evolved usage. One stand-alone instance just looks like the author's/editor's/proofreader's goof. (And, in general, I don't like having to tell myself little stories to account for inconsistencies in the text -- that's the author's job.)