Thread: Licensed Highschool of the Dead
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Old 2010-07-14, 02:07   Link #1282
ImAKami
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Originally Posted by Spectacular_Insanity View Post
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I did notice with interest that the author of the manga (now anime) calls the zombies "them". Which makes sense for this group of students, but not everyone would. Most people would call them either "infected" or "zombies" out of ease-of-use. I would argue 60% of the people would call them zombies, and most of the rest would call them infected. I can't imagine the remnant population of an entire country calling them "them".
It's hard to imagine if everyone in the country was so genre blind.

The writer tries so hard to distinguish itself with not using the "Z" word... But "it", "they", and "them" doesn't sound so pretty on the ears.
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