Word Help required...

[Vermilion]

I have a character snorkelling and they're looking at the strange view below them and I want to say "the stranger hinter world" but dictionary.com doesn;t recognise it - is that a real word?

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[TxRad]

Morning V.....

The depths in diving are sometimes called the inner world but i don't recognize hinter...

 

[Vermilion]

Morning V.....

The depths in diving are sometimes called the inner world but i don't recognize hinter...

Morning TX

it doesn;t have to be diving specific...

it's just a phrase I'm sure I;ve heard... 'hinter world' like something eery and unreal. Dammit, is my brain making this stuff up?

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[damppanties]

Morning TX

it doesn;t have to be diving specific...

it's just a phrase I'm sure I;ve heard... 'hinter world' like something eery and unreal. Dammit, is my brain making this stuff up?

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You're thinking of hinterland I think.

 

[Vermilion]

You're thinking of hinterland I think.

THAT'S IT !

<boogies>

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[damppanties]

THAT'S IT !

<boogies>

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What you needed was a colonial.

What are boogies?

 

[Chantilyvamp]

No your not making it up. I did a search and found at least this post with it on rolling teenpop...

Where if are any where does the line between teen pop and real proper grown up indie rock lie? certainly stuff like the killers and the kaiser chiefs in britain at least in exist in an odd hinter world between the cd;uk grandstanders and real proper music for observer music monthly fans.

on another post here.

They float, jostle, fly and invite with their salacious glances to her dark hinter- world of secrets, dark jokes and scandalous nursery rhymes.

edit~ I lost network and didnt see the puzzle already solved.

 

[Vermilion]

What you needed was a colonial.

What are boogies?

to boogy means to dance in a funky manner!

so <boogies> meant that I was dancing ina funky, excited manner.

And thanks Chantily - good to know I can use hinter-world as well as hinterland if I choose to. Wanna have a look at the first 400 words and see if it's any good?
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[Chantilyvamp]

to boogy means to dance in a funky manner!

so <boogies> meant that I was dancing ina funky, excited manner.

And thanks Chantily - good to know I can use hinter-world as well as hinterland if I choose to. Wanna have a look at the first 400 words and see if it's any good?
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Reading it now hon

 

[SensualCealy]

Im sorry but I have never heard of 'hinter', I would have guessed 'netherlands' not sure of the actual pronuciation.

As the all knowing Dampy...she is a walking dictionary! lol
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[herecomestherain]

In the mind of a colonial "hinterland" is very much the land beyond the river, over the creek bank, over yonder towards the hills, the dry grasslands, the scrubby forest - very non aquatic in tone and feel.

 

[Zeb_Carter]

Hinterland is German in origin.

hin·ter·land (hĭn'tər-lānd') Pronunciation Key
n.

1. The land directly adjacent to and inland from a coast.
2.
1. A region remote from urban areas; backcountry.
2. A region situated beyond metropolitan centers of culture.



[German : hinter, behind (from Middle High German, from Old High German hintar; see ko- in Indo-European roots) + Land, land (from Middle High German lant, from Old High German; see lendh- in Indo-European roots).]

 

[BlackShanglan]

In the mind of a colonial "hinterland" is very much the land beyond the river, over the creek bank, over yonder towards the hills, the dry grasslands, the scrubby forest - very non aquatic in tone and feel.

Eh. I'm a colonial and would have no problem with the word in the context the author used it. It seemed to me that a certain metaphorical frission between the word's typical usage and its application in that case was intended.

 

[Lisa Denton]

It seemed to me that a certain metaphorical frission between the word's typical usage and its application in that case was intended.

Uh, yea ........ um, thats what I thought also.

(Lisa skips away wonderin WTF the horsey was talkin about)

 

[Salvor-Hardon]

Uh, yea ........ um, thats what I thought also.

(Lisa skips away wonderin WTF the horsey was talkin about)

(equally lost but staring at Lisa's legs)

 

[herecomestherain]

Eh. I'm a colonial and would have no problem with the word in the context the author used it. It seemed to me that a certain metaphorical frission between the word's typical usage and its application in that case was intended.

Interesting that you say this and I agree, I had wanted to add the same sentiment to my comment. I'm all for linguistic frission.

I like the idea of a land beyond what we see here in the foreground, hidden or in the distance, mysterious, unknown - actual or metaphorical, aquatic or terrestrial.

I was rolling around the idea of (not in the context of the story in question here) of an emotional hinterland, a place where feelings, thoughts are deliberately placed - at safe distance perhaps.

Hinterland for me also suggests a place between -- maybe an expanse to be traversed - from water across the hinterland to mountains again, actual or metaphorical - hinterland can be an evocative word no?

 

[BlackShanglan]

Bless you, Herecomestherain, for leaving my post's phrasing sufficiently well flogged by others and answering its thoughts. I quite agree on the emotional hinterland; it feels like a sort of deep unconscious internal world with hints of endless wilds yet untouched. That's the part of the word's nature that I think appeals to me the most - that sense of untread wilderness beckoning on.

 

[BlackShanglan]

Bless you, Herecomestherain, for leaving my post's phrasing sufficiently well flogged by others and answering its thoughts. I quite agree on the emotional hinterland; it feels like a sort of deep unconscious internal world with hints of endless wilds yet untouched. That's the part of the word's nature that I think appeals to me the most - that sense of untread wilderness beckoning on.

 

[Boxlicker101]

I think of "hinterlands", one of those words that's always used in the plural, as being the same as "boondocks" or "the sticks", although more standard English. I wouldn't think of "hinterworld" as being underwater, but if you want to coin a word, feel free. It makes a certain amount of sense, but "Otherworld" might work as well.

 

[Vermilion]

Bless you, Herecomestherain, for leaving my post's phrasing sufficiently well flogged by others and answering its thoughts. I quite agree on the emotional hinterland; it feels like a sort of deep unconscious internal world with hints of endless wilds yet untouched. That's the part of the word's nature that I think appeals to me the most - that sense of untread wilderness beckoning on.

You know what amazes me? I search and search for the 'right' word, but I can;t explain exactly why it's so right, until it gets analysed by others. You two did a spiffing job and yes - I do want undercurrents (snerk) of emotional alignment with the physical description and... well, I think it works...

Her weight was entirely supported by the water and her arms and legs floated freely, drifting in and out from her body like a shirt left to dry in the breeze. Like the starfish she could see sitting nestled on the sand, its tomato-red skin looking as angry and blistered as a Brit on holiday, she could just exist; no actions, no words, simply/merely disconnected streamers of thoughts trailing past, punctuated by a throb of excitement at each new sight in the strange hinterland beneath.

Hrmm... maybe too many analogies, but that'll get worked out in the editing process.
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