Comments on: No more nouns

By: janet

janet — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 23:32:51 +0000

Also wondering: what about implying, as in “give me a little of that,” which implies “a little b-t”?

Mary Elizabeth S. — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 20:11:12 +0000

Oh, and, um, does this mean we can use adverbs now?

~Mary

Mary Elizabeth S. — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 20:08:14 +0000

Why the sudden dislike of…you-know-whats?

~Mary

janet — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 18:09:49 +0000

I’m not sure if it’ll work, but hey, it’s worth trying.

hillary! — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 15:58:44 +0000

I can’t find any thingamabobs?

Diana Peterfreund — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 15:26:12 +0000

Write all your future books in the language of Tlon. “Upward behind the onstreaming it mooned.”

Iris — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 13:53:07 +0000

Okay. This might be slightly challenging. Hee hee!

JS Bangs — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 13:44:24 +0000

It’s not so hard if you verbify or adjectivize the nouny ones you’re tempted to use.

Justine — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 12:33:43 +0000

Dawn: why?

Because I say so.

Patrick — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 11:16:47 +0000

She is smart!

Dawn — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 10:29:10 +0000

why?

dragonfly — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 09:22:30 +0000

ha!!

(are interjections allowed? )