"More or less." It wasn't rude, and given how much of a minority she seemed to be in here, she didn't even think it was a particularly strange question. "In Rohan and Gondor, at least. Elsewhere, other tongues are spoken. But I take it you mean the manner of my speech, not the language of it?" She smiled back at him, following him to the bar. "To me, it is you and those like you who sound queer. You speak as if a full sentence were too long, as if you wish to drop as much of it as possible while still holding the meaning. I do not doubt its usefulness, but it is strange to me, who was raised to court and courtesy."