Hi!
Sometimes I have questions about the use of English language for my land before time fanfictions, and it would be really great for me if here I could get the answers and opinions (few of these will be "yes or no" or "false or wrong" questions) of more than one native speaker.
My first question is about the suitability of the word "tollerable" in a land before time story. "Tollerable" sounds like a word from a relatively high speech level to me and I wonder whether or not you could imagine a dinosaur to use it, or if you would prefer any other word of the same meaning.
Note that the character who uses it is a grownup dinosaur and a herd leader who may be more eloquent than the average land before time dinosaur (certainly more than the kids). The complete line he says reads:
“If not even this convinces you that they are not as tolerable as you persist to think they are, let me show you something more.”
Can you imagine a dinosaur to say this without it sounding exaggerated?