tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7731159552335760887.post558021341797105369..comments2024-03-27T20:39:04.792-04:00Comments on KILLER HOBBIES: The gr8 deb8Betty Hechtmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14652848311122102223noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7731159552335760887.post-63827674367075627042010-03-24T19:08:52.911-04:002010-03-24T19:08:52.911-04:00The linguistic fashion that's driving me bats ...The linguistic fashion that's driving me bats of late is the attempt to force irregular verbs into a regular form. All that effort learning them, being rejected!Ellenhttp://washuu.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7731159552335760887.post-47383247222486691912010-03-24T00:16:21.740-04:002010-03-24T00:16:21.740-04:00I hadn't thought of that -- I text, you text, ...I hadn't thought of that -- I text, you text, we text ...<br /><br />I feel that if I take a nap, I'm going to miss a revolution in ... something!Camille Minichinohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04701150885595400018noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7731159552335760887.post-43675728240705943642010-03-23T23:53:07.685-04:002010-03-23T23:53:07.685-04:00I've written texted dialogue between character...I've written texted dialogue between characters a couple of times as an alternative to a phone call between two people who were geographically separated. I don't text (how's that for a new verb, by the way?), so I had to do research (and double-check the lingo with my daughter) to get the rhythm right. It was an effective device, but I wouldn't overuse it.Kathryn Lilleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05701558750790059307noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7731159552335760887.post-42690262281956325982010-03-23T15:20:14.039-04:002010-03-23T15:20:14.039-04:00If you ever worked with engineers, you'd be ov...If you ever worked with engineers, you'd be overwhelmed by an entire acronym language!<br />They take every three-word phrase and turn it into an acronum. INK (I'm not kidding.)Camille Minichinohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04701150885595400018noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7731159552335760887.post-26202215166379464432010-03-23T14:02:19.543-04:002010-03-23T14:02:19.543-04:00Language and grammar seem always to be morphing, C...Language and grammar seem always to be morphing, Camille. I like some of it, but don't enjoy having to ask for definitions of acronyms and abbreviations! I try to make my characters sound age-appropriate but want my readers to understand what they're saying. So far, I haven't had any characters who speak in text messages, but that could come.Linda O. Johnstonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01512430135042480450noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7731159552335760887.post-60340903321687295492010-03-23T12:05:43.916-04:002010-03-23T12:05:43.916-04:00You'd think "OK" would be short enou...You'd think "OK" would be short enough!Camille Minichinohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04701150885595400018noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7731159552335760887.post-27700623207150348022010-03-23T11:54:55.710-04:002010-03-23T11:54:55.710-04:00Dinah, one of my characters in the crochet mysteri...Dinah, one of my characters in the crochet mysteries, teaches freshman English at a community college, and she is upset that her students are starting to write papers in what I called "text talk" like lol or k for okay.Betty Hechtmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14652848311122102223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7731159552335760887.post-30719379050370051022010-03-23T11:15:34.683-04:002010-03-23T11:15:34.683-04:00Ouch, that would bother me, Monica!Ouch, that would bother me, Monica!Camille Minichinohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04701150885595400018noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7731159552335760887.post-58742510434884712662010-03-23T10:40:11.668-04:002010-03-23T10:40:11.668-04:00My characters' speech varies. When Molly is sp...My characters' speech varies. When Molly is speaking to close friends and family, she might say, "I hightailed it out of there." When she's being the paralegal/English major, she might say, "I left as quickly as I could." Mr. Archie says, "Molly ain't done nothing wrong, and you might as well quit griping 'cause there ain't nothing you can do about it." Most of my characters aren't comfortable with netlingo. I read your post title as "The great debt" and then "The great debut" before getting it right.<br /><br />Are standard and non-standard English merging? College instructors tell me their students' essays are filled with B4s and Gr8s. That said, a non-spelling relative who uses all the little truncations on Facebook makes his posts much easier for the rest of us to read.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7731159552335760887.post-89350669364295772222010-03-23T10:13:54.541-04:002010-03-23T10:13:54.541-04:00I don't mind new usage in a book when the char...I don't mind new usage in a book when the characters use it, but it gives me an unpleasant start when the narrator writes, "I should of known better," instead of "I should have known better."Monica Ferrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03722045113589668612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7731159552335760887.post-9321898921502560172010-03-23T09:03:07.771-04:002010-03-23T09:03:07.771-04:00I think it's great because it means that our v...I think it's great because it means that our vocabulary is increasing and since the average person is competing with other forms of communications from TV, cellphones to the Internet.Druhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07978384022143035332noreply@blogger.com