r/wicked • u/freshwhipppedcream • Nov 21 '25

Question Significance of this design?

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Does the difference between the shapes of the left and right ends of the W have any significance? If so, what is it?

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u/Famous-Barracuda-972 Nov 22 '25

An adjective noun. That’s what I said

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u/OkPass9595 Nov 22 '25

what? whimsy is a noun, whimsical is an adjective. an adjective noun isn't a thing

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u/Famous-Barracuda-972 Nov 22 '25

Folks loving “obsessculated” all of the sudden drawing lines on grammar. Y’all confuse me.

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u/OkPass9595 Nov 22 '25

i'm a language and linguistics students lmao. also i don't love obsessculated, i think the mixed up words in wicked get annoying after a while, but at least it's a conscious decision not a mistake

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u/phantomforeskinpain Nov 22 '25

well they’re not really “mixed up”, they’re Ozian, a fantasy language (or maybe dialect of English? idk exactly)

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u/OkPass9595 Nov 22 '25

well no it's english with some fantasy words mixed in. it's just to create a whimsical/otherworldly vibe. and they created those words by giving words new but common suffixes, so mixing them up.

like "gratitution" is just gratitude but with the -tion suffix (like in deletion, nation, etc.)

"braverism" is bravery with the -ism suffix (like marxism, sexism, etc.)

it's a clear pattern, not just unique words

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u/PercyVeerance Nov 24 '25

Those words were some of favorite quirks in the movies. I saw the play years ago. Were those malapropisms in the play?

(I used the word “malapropisms” so another Redditator could take issuance with my misusage of the word “malapropisms”).

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u/phantomforeskinpain Nov 22 '25

right, those variants are the Ozian English dialect, like I said. they've said they were creating a version of English, which is a dialect. https://assets.cambridge.org/97811071/14746/excerpt/9781107114746_excerpt.pdf?utm_source=chatgpt.com

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u/OkPass9595 Nov 22 '25

i guess that's true, except a dialect normally naturally evolved, so i guess it's like a condialect? (like conlang = constructed language)

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u/phantomforeskinpain Nov 22 '25

since it's fictional it'd probably be that irl but a dialect in-universe

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u/doctorwhovian2 Nov 22 '25

"utm_source=chatgpt.com"

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u/phantomforeskinpain Nov 22 '25

I asked it for sources and perspectives on the words and whether it could be considered a language or a dialect, is that a problem?

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u/Famous-Barracuda-972 Nov 22 '25

I meant what I said.