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Mat's poor writing skills actually make sense whitestar101 Send a noteboard - 29/11/2010 06:57:38 PM
1. Matts letter.

I find this letter to be less than credible. Matt is not uneducated, nor is he a fool. I find it almost impossible to believ that a character with an inate understanding of tactics and strategy combined with the memories of hundreds of generals, would be so completely ignorant of how to spell, write and most of all the game of houses.


While it is true, his added memories (though I thought all he received was battle/strategy memories, NOT their whole education) probably should give him an increased vocabulary let-alone what he has learned outside the TR, people who complain about the letter seem to forget he is NOT the most literate of the three boys. Mat has said that books never really interested him and Loial made the comment that Rand is the only one of the three who really has a love for books so it actually makes sense for Mat to not be advanced in vocab, grammar, and spelling.

FYI: I'm not saying Mat isn't intelligent for he has clearly demonstrated otherwise(other mens' memories aside), he's just not as literate which would account for his lack of vocab. (which is probably why Rand knew the correct term "wick" for where you put the fire on a firework and Mat didn't.)


I'm sure Mat's fans are going to flay me now.
I love you Rand.

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So what were your bottom five ToM scenes? Insomdeon - 29/11/2010 10:40:47 AM 2065 Views
I love Ituralde, slightly A-teamish but better more realistic than most of the stuff in there *NM* Iceman - 29/11/2010 03:15:03 PM 565 Views
I agree here. Fox and Ravens - 29/11/2010 04:23:37 PM 1094 Views
and it is still realistic. After all, Luck is part of reality *nod* *NM* LadyLorraine - 29/11/2010 05:16:39 PM 454 Views
Agreed Itachi - 30/11/2010 12:50:35 AM 1094 Views
+1, given the casualties on the Light side, I don't see what's A-Teamish? *NM* Lord Haart - 30/11/2010 03:46:58 AM 424 Views
Oh, I loved the scene with Perrin's Hammar LadyLorraine - 29/11/2010 05:15:48 PM 1370 Views
Re: Oh, I loved the scene with Perrin's Hammar Fox and Ravens - 29/11/2010 10:17:01 PM 1120 Views
Well I'm pretty sure he wrote it out himself. I doubt that's a detail RJ would have outlined. LadyLorraine - 29/11/2010 11:16:42 PM 1124 Views
Re: Well I'm pretty sure he wrote it out himself. I doubt that's a detail RJ would have outlined. Lo'oris - 29/11/2010 11:23:12 PM 1088 Views
Mats letter +1. Then the others... Lohikaarme - 29/11/2010 06:00:59 PM 1290 Views
Healing the madness makes sense Lord Haart - 30/11/2010 03:51:35 AM 1025 Views
Mat's poor writing skills actually make sense whitestar101 - 29/11/2010 06:57:38 PM 1237 Views
I always imagined he'd have better spelling skills, though. LadyLorraine - 29/11/2010 07:09:20 PM 1022 Views
he does. *NM* Deadsy - 29/11/2010 09:25:19 PM 477 Views
this is wrong (from canon) Deadsy - 29/11/2010 09:24:35 PM 1181 Views
bunch of geeks take this too serious :p Nargs - 30/11/2010 12:07:38 AM 983 Views
Given how poorly edited both books have been so far Chas - 30/11/2010 01:13:58 AM 1091 Views
Yes whitestar101 - 30/11/2010 02:02:28 AM 1132 Views
Re: this is wrong (from canon) Onarishma - 30/11/2010 04:18:14 PM 1115 Views
nah Deadsy - 30/11/2010 04:28:53 PM 1109 Views
I disagree... Onarishma - 01/12/2010 05:20:37 PM 885 Views
Mat isn't 7, & he wrote a perfectly fluent letter in a matter of minutes under pressure from a noble Deadsy - 02/12/2010 03:38:29 AM 969 Views
Re: Mat isn't 7, & he wrote a perfectly fluent letter in a matter of minutes under pressure from a n Onarishma - 02/12/2010 04:47:39 PM 1018 Views
I didn't say you have to be a child to have trouble spelling. Deadsy - 02/12/2010 05:25:04 PM 918 Views
I liked it Itachi - 30/11/2010 12:55:41 AM 914 Views
Re: Mat's poor writing skills actually make sense echooff - 30/11/2010 11:11:50 AM 904 Views
That is what made me think Mat wrote the letter that way on purpose. Sareitha Sedai - 30/11/2010 01:57:26 PM 1116 Views
Re: So what were your bottom five ToM scenes? Onarishma - 29/11/2010 11:41:48 PM 1088 Views
Re: So what were your bottom five ToM scenes? ...Just one... Tansu Targli - 30/11/2010 12:36:05 AM 971 Views
Re: So what were your bottom five ToM scenes? DomA - 30/11/2010 02:03:09 AM 1155 Views
Re: Ituralde Lord Haart - 30/11/2010 03:57:55 AM 1094 Views
Re: So what were your bottom five ToM scenes? RAAM - 30/11/2010 02:12:11 AM 1150 Views
Worst part of reading the book was logging on here afterwards. Lord Haart - 30/11/2010 03:44:50 AM 1182 Views
ta'veren is old tongue for "main character" you know.... moondog - 30/11/2010 04:32:29 AM 1295 Views
plainly you are a Blasphemer and Great Traitor. LadyLorraine - 30/11/2010 11:51:07 AM 1003 Views
"We're done, al'Thor. From now on, I care nothing for you." moratcorlm - 30/11/2010 04:44:16 AM 1053 Views
I became stupider having read that monologue. *NM* Variant - 02/12/2010 05:17:31 AM 608 Views
Re: So what were your bottom five ToM scenes? Daiyon - 30/11/2010 02:09:32 PM 961 Views
Re: So what were your bottom five ToM scenes? saangrealsmoker - 01/12/2010 02:31:32 PM 971 Views
Re: So what were your bottom five ToM scenes? Lo'oris - 02/12/2010 08:17:40 AM 946 Views
agrees and it would also jeopardize her standing even if she passed the test because that would Onarishma - 02/12/2010 04:51:03 PM 952 Views
My argument is probably not valid, but I'll give it anyway saangrealsmoker - 02/12/2010 05:13:58 PM 948 Views
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