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They made me cringe a little too. Nate Send a noteboard - 30/08/2012 10:55:36 PM
It's not simply because she's Fae, because so is the guy at the Inn in the present story and he doesn't speak that way, though it's entirely possible that he only doesn't because he's been with Kvothe for a while and has adapted human accents.

But I believe, if I remember, that Kvothe noted that Felurian spoke without any hard edges, an alien sort of inflection, a sound like birds, and the lack of capital letters is an attempt to convey that idea whenever she speaks. It's probably supposed to make us cringe, because Felurian is not human at all, and doesn't care to pretend to be. It's still a little weird, but it's a justifiable stylistic choice.
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They made me cringe a little too. - 30/08/2012 10:55:36 PM 1110 Views
Re: They made me cringe a little too. - 31/08/2012 01:05:17 AM 1112 Views
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Has it been used elsewhere? *NM* - 01/09/2012 12:30:14 AM 554 Views
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Because only humans use capital letters when they speak...wait, what? *NM* - 30/08/2012 11:48:50 PM 548 Views
Ohh I get it now *NM* - 31/08/2012 01:05:50 AM 469 Views
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All true... - 01/09/2012 01:34:47 PM 1036 Views
I agree with the other responses, and IIRC wasn't Felurian's name capitalized in that section? - 01/09/2012 11:04:16 PM 892 Views
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I just got to that part in my reread. - 03/09/2012 03:24:48 PM 1019 Views
Oh cool *NM* - 03/09/2012 04:06:32 PM 448 Views
Yep. Confirmed. - 03/09/2012 04:46:11 PM 1084 Views

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