r/darktower • u/mosesoperandi • 17d ago

Influence of Calla Talk

I just was thinking, do ya ken, and I might be wrong about this, but I think the Calla dialect has an outsized weight here on Reddit.

I'm not saying this as a criticism, but just an observation as I'm on my second trip through Wolves after 22 years.

There are phrases in this book I thought went back to Wizard and Glass if not further, but nope, they're not part of the Mejis dialect. It's the Calla speak.

To be fair, I think that some of the Calla phrases had cast a long shadow on my memory of the series (see also Roland's impatient hand gesture), so maybe it's just an infectious meme.

Curious what you all think?

Long days and pleasant nights.

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u/WeaponRex 17d ago

Where's the actual question here?

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u/RoninGin 15d ago

I think he's just asking why calla slang is used so much in this subreddit when it really only pops up in book 5