Posts tagged with 'Language'

34/49 *Gasp* *Pant* *Wheeze*

  • Posted on July 29, 2007 at 2:32 pm

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It’s like running a marathon when I haven’t left the couch in a year.

I keep rereading that… that thing I just wrote and wondering where in the world it came from.

Maybe the anti-psychotics weren’t such a bad idea after all!

Alright. I’m at a loss for something new to write about, and my brain is too far gone for poetry. So, you guys — Readers — I need your help.

Respond to this with a single very strange Adjective-Noun or Adverb-Verb combo. I want two words from each of you. I’ll see what that give me and build from it. Deal?

4/49 Movies for Word Smiths #1

  • Posted on July 28, 2007 at 11:31 pm

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Normally when I think of media for writers, especially movies for writers, I think of movies that revolve around the literary life. In this case, however, I will make an exception.

James McTeigue’s elegant V for Vendetta

Please, folk, lets think about this. The average movie goer may have noted and smiled at V’s introductory monologue, and may have noticed that his speech was odd and elegant through out the film, but only a true word smith can appreciate the amazing skill it takes to construct a mountain of words so seamlessly.
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Linguistic Innovation

  • Posted on June 15, 2006 at 2:56 pm

This is the difference between myself and my friends. I take the rules I’m given and work within them to the best of my ability. My darling engineers and designers think up ways to see limitations as problems to be solved, and take responsibility for the solution.

For example, here is A Pragmatic Approach to Gender-Neutral Pronouns

Working With the Theory

The detectives perched or paced at suited each individual’s personality while the captain outlined the case so far. The victim was a 25 year old blonde, and photos of her battered face were pinned to the board the captain used as his backdrop. Her slim body was sketched out in black and white with red marks indicating her bruises and lacerations.

“The attacker is about 5′9″ and we estimate that che weighs in at around 160 pounds. Our vic was not able to identify anything other than chis height. Gender is unknown. Che has no outstanding physical characteristic that we know of, but based on the violence of this crime che is known to the victim.”

The captain stepped to the left, revealing a map with the pretty blonde’s life marked out on it. His ever-ready laser pointer picked out locations as he spoke. “Parker and Henry, check out the vic’s office. Gutierrez, Randolph, Fitzgiboons and Spitz, take the apartment building. Everyone else, comb the neighborhood. Our doer may not want to call attention to chimself at this time, so look for signs of people that have cleared in the past day. Che can’t expect the vic to be conscious. Che probably thinks she’s dead, and that’s an advantage for us!”

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