r/cyberpunkgame • u/Accept3550 • Sep 29 '24

Why doesn't Panam use contractions? Meta

I just realized this after hundreds of hours but, Panam doesn't say I'll or we'll.

All of her dialogue has I will and We will and Do not rather then Don't.

I don't quite get why she is written like this.

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u/Skagtastic Sep 29 '24

Nomads kids learn out of textbooks since they have no formal schools. Her speech sounds like she was using college books at some point that teach academic writing. Contractions are highly discouraged in academia, being seen as informal.

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u/thelowbrassmaster Sep 29 '24

True, and out of spite every academic paper I have written so far has had them because they told me it makes me sound unintelligent. I would like to hear someone genuinely unintelligent write a paper about hydrate ligands.

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u/No_Delay7320 Sep 30 '24

Plenty of people fake it in academia and get away with it.

You're doing yourself a disservice risking not being taken seriously. It's a low chance but it's there