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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 1029 Views
Re: They made me cringe a little too. - 31/08/2012 01:05:17 AM 1043 Views
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Has it been used elsewhere? *NM* - 01/09/2012 12:30:14 AM 527 Views
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Because only humans use capital letters when they speak...wait, what? *NM* - 30/08/2012 11:48:50 PM 514 Views
Ohh I get it now *NM* - 31/08/2012 01:05:50 AM 444 Views
To highlight her Otherness. - 31/08/2012 05:23:22 PM 855 Views
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Same here. *NM* - 03/09/2012 04:48:08 PM 396 Views
All true... - 01/09/2012 01:34:47 PM 960 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 855 Views
Well it certainly is capitalized in Kvothe's narration... - 03/09/2012 12:45:34 PM 898 Views
I just got to that part in my reread. - 03/09/2012 03:24:48 PM 948 Views
Oh cool *NM* - 03/09/2012 04:06:32 PM 429 Views
Yep. Confirmed. - 03/09/2012 04:46:11 PM 1014 Views

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