I am not sure I could give a list--it's so context-dependent for me. "Sexy" is probably on it, as is "navy blue" unless it is established that the setting has a navy which wears dark blue. (Philippa Gregory committed both of these in her Tudor novels, and I am STILL not over Henry VIII being "sexy." There are so many period terms she could have used--handsome or fair, to take two examples. And instead her heroine ended up sounding like a modern teenager.)
But it occurs to me that Terry Pratchett can break almost all rules in Discworld and not jar me at all. Because the Discworld IS here, as much as it is a fantasy world.
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Date: 2012-07-04 01:31 am (UTC)But it occurs to me that Terry Pratchett can break almost all rules in Discworld and not jar me at all. Because the Discworld IS here, as much as it is a fantasy world.