This is always an interesting question: how far do you go in capturing the feel of your setting? If readers will accept "buck" and "Tartarus" as swear words, and any number of horse-related puns for names, what's the threshold? I've seen writers use kilotrots for distance and all kinds of weather-related idioms in pegasus speech. So, is it really so much of a stretch to use localized days of the week?
I did consider your point, but I decided that the odds of misunderstanding were low enough that the artistic flavor justified it.
2307468 I do accept buck and Tartarus, amidst other words, but only because they have a suitable reason for being altered from our human English. But what reason there is the names of the days of week would be altered?
Just to give a unique flair and to gt away from our normal Ehnglish/human conventions. Not necessary but some people really like it. Honestly it should not be that confusing because usually what day of the week is unnecessary from a plot point, and if it was important then you can describe in the sentence to dispel the illusion ("oh no Canterday that is only two days away!").
So Rainbow Dash used to date Applejack but it went a little too quickly for AJ. I wonder what Pinkie is up to...
... because ponies didn't worship Tyr, Odin, Thor, Freya, or Saturn, whence we took the names of the days of the week? Meanwhile, they do have hooves, wings, horns, friends, and cantering.
Sunday and Moonday are fine as-is; we know those exist in Equestria.
I'm beginning to wonder just who the eight readers are who are obsessed enough to downvote every story ever posted with a Sex tag — because I swear to the Sisters that I've never seen a single clop story leave the front page with fewer downvotes than that, no matter the writing quality, no matter whether it even contains mature material yet or not.
As to the story itself: I'm cheating a little, because I know where it's going (and i think you'd do well to dangle some hints in the description, because that premise is a large part of what makes this stand out), but I'm really looking forward to seeing how it gets there.
Good for a start, but use normal days of the week to avoid confusing everyone.
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This is always an interesting question: how far do you go in capturing the feel of your setting? If readers will accept "buck" and "Tartarus" as swear words, and any number of horse-related puns for names, what's the threshold? I've seen writers use kilotrots for distance and all kinds of weather-related idioms in pegasus speech. So, is it really so much of a stretch to use localized days of the week?
I did consider your point, but I decided that the odds of misunderstanding were low enough that the artistic flavor justified it.
2307468 I do accept buck and Tartarus, amidst other words, but only because they have a suitable reason for being altered from our human English. But what reason there is the names of the days of week would be altered?
Just to give a unique flair and to gt away from our normal Ehnglish/human conventions. Not necessary but some people really like it. Honestly it should not be that confusing because usually what day of the week is unnecessary from a plot point, and if it was important then you can describe in the sentence to dispel the illusion ("oh no Canterday that is only two days away!").
So Rainbow Dash used to date Applejack but it went a little too quickly for AJ. I wonder what Pinkie is up to...
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... because ponies didn't worship Tyr, Odin, Thor, Freya, or Saturn, whence we took the names of the days of the week? Meanwhile, they do have hooves, wings, horns, friends, and cantering.
Sunday and Moonday are fine as-is; we know those exist in Equestria.
I'm beginning to wonder just who the eight readers are who are obsessed enough to downvote every story ever posted with a Sex tag — because I swear to the Sisters that I've never seen a single clop story leave the front page with fewer downvotes than that, no matter the writing quality, no matter whether it even contains mature material yet or not.
As to the story itself: I'm cheating a little, because I know where it's going (and i think you'd do well to dangle some hints in the description, because that premise is a large part of what makes this stand out), but I'm really looking forward to seeing how it gets there.