- It is different from the language I use everyday because they use very descriptive diction and every word they use contains a lot of weight and they all have great meaning.
Because it began as an oral story, "White Buffalo Calf Woman" can be found in multiple text versions. How important is it for a story to be repeated word for word? Is meaning embellished, distorted, lost, or enhanced in the retelling?
- It is very important for a story to have almost the same language because you want the story to maintain the same value as it did when it started. If people exaggerate the story, orally, then the story can be lost and no one knows the original text word for word.
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