I love adverbs 11 March, 2008 I love them hugely, deeply, widely, vastly, cortohumeringisously!1 I’m also fond of hideously bad neologisms. [↩]Share this:TwitterFacebookTumblrPinterestEmail
Stephen on 11 March, 2008 at 7:30 PM # >Iām also fond of hideously bad neologisms Which would of course be cacoeidechthineologisms…
Justine on 11 March, 2008 at 8:50 PM # Stephen: But that’s a really good neologism! Kadie-Wa: Breathe slowly. It will pass.
ariel cooke on 11 March, 2008 at 10:06 PM # Recently I met a lawyer named Deb Solvibili and thought “that should be an adverb.” As in “She’s solvibili taking her own sweet time” or “The kitten bounded solvibili in the spring sunshine.” You get the idea.
cei cei on 12 March, 2008 at 12:06 AM # i LOVE big words, they confuse my friends! š and if you reall love adverbs check out Maureen Johnson’s latest blog post
Mark on 12 March, 2008 at 12:01 PM # Aren’t adverbs the ones we are told to never use (at least the -ly words)
Justine on 12 March, 2008 at 3:28 PM # Mark: Ignore such stupid advice. All parts of speech are good.
Mike on 12 March, 2008 at 5:33 PM # So does Ms You Know Who. We won’t mention names lest I seem to be trading on her glory…is an abundance of adverbs the secret of success?
Justine on 12 March, 2008 at 5:38 PM # Oh no, that’s not the secret of success! To be successful you have to love Elvis and dance whenever you can—especially near Stephen Fry.
>Iām also fond of hideously bad neologisms
Which would of course be cacoeidechthineologisms…
Big words….it hurts!
Stephen: But that’s a really good neologism!
Kadie-Wa: Breathe slowly. It will pass.
I LOVE BIG WORDS!
Recently I met a lawyer named Deb Solvibili and thought “that should be an adverb.” As in “She’s solvibili taking her own sweet time” or “The kitten bounded solvibili in the spring sunshine.” You get the idea.
i LOVE big words, they confuse my friends! š
and if you reall love adverbs check out Maureen Johnson’s latest blog post
Aren’t adverbs the ones we are told to never use (at least the -ly words)
Mark: Ignore such stupid advice. All parts of speech are good.
So does Ms You Know Who. We won’t mention names lest I seem to be trading on her glory…is an abundance of adverbs the secret of success?
Oh no, that’s not the secret of success! To be successful you have to love Elvis and dance whenever you can—especially near Stephen Fry.