tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5704943052235281766.post1285264412610001487..comments2024-03-28T10:41:26.999-06:00Comments on Blood-Red Pencil: What’s In A Word?Danihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14471919576687777886noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5704943052235281766.post-92044984992465129512012-08-14T21:15:14.635-06:002012-08-14T21:15:14.635-06:00OMG, that's just gross! Yikes. LOL.OMG, that's just gross! Yikes. LOL.Danihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14471919576687777886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5704943052235281766.post-35406773221716515962012-08-14T15:53:08.651-06:002012-08-14T15:53:08.651-06:00Kathryn, do you suppose it would help if that over...Kathryn, do you suppose it would help if that overgrown sentence were divided into two or three shorter ones? Uh…maybe not. <br />:-)Linda Lanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06686488133905538811noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5704943052235281766.post-7841843065428446902012-08-14T14:40:02.338-06:002012-08-14T14:40:02.338-06:00Apropos of nothing—except that perhaps I've ne...Apropos of nothing—except that perhaps I've never seen "deodicids" used before in a sentence—did you all see the winner of the annual Bulwer-Lytton contest for the worst sentence to open an imaginary novel? Get a hanky:<br /><br />As he told her that he loved her she gazed into his eyes, wondering, as she noted the infestation of eyelash mites, the tiny deodicids burrowing into his follicles to eat the greasy sebum therein, each female laying up to 25 eggs in a single follicle, causing inflammation, whether the eyes are truly the windows of the soul; and, if so, his soul needed regrouting. <br />(by Cathy Bryant)Kathryn Crafthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08371458857187160425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5704943052235281766.post-66409807282922564072012-08-14T14:29:34.749-06:002012-08-14T14:29:34.749-06:00Just don't spend too much time texting everyon...Just don't spend too much time texting everyone about your rocking new words. I hate the word "texting". I texted him an invite. It just makes my skin crawl. Ack!Danihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14471919576687777886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5704943052235281766.post-23483628753350689522012-08-14T14:15:18.140-06:002012-08-14T14:15:18.140-06:00Ha! I see nothing to feel guilty about if a fictio...Ha! I see nothing to feel guilty about if a fiction writer makes up the perfect word to suit his or her purposes. We need not burden ourselves with whether Mr. Webster must add to his list of lookuppable (score!) words. It's creativity! Imagination! It's fanciful communication! Let the games begin!Kathryn Crafthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08371458857187160425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5704943052235281766.post-59981786637972648292012-08-14T07:31:57.065-06:002012-08-14T07:31:57.065-06:00Isn't language fun? It's evolution, howeve...Isn't language fun? It's evolution, however, can create occasional raised eyebrows and double takes. Interestingly, it doesn't stop with the verbing of nouns. Slang ushers in a whole new set of coined words every few years. <br /><br />Fiction authors may contribute their fair share of creative words, as Elle notes, but they aren't alone. Listening to teenagers talk never fails to astound and bewilder me. I know they're speaking English — at least I think they are. <br /><br />Great post — I love it! :-)Linda Lanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06686488133905538811noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5704943052235281766.post-14989629386696369002012-08-14T05:55:47.167-06:002012-08-14T05:55:47.167-06:00Sometimes when I'm writing I think of a word t...Sometimes when I'm writing I think of a word to suit what I want to say, then wonder if it really is a word. If the occasion demands it, I'll use it.<br /><br />Morgan Mandel<br />http://sweetnotspicy.blogspot.comMorgan Mandelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10118929301591850918noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5704943052235281766.post-3097979535025476172012-08-14T04:47:50.146-06:002012-08-14T04:47:50.146-06:00I think fiction writers are guilty of coining a fe...I think fiction writers are guilty of coining a few of these in order to avoid using adverbs and cliches ;-)Elle Carter Nealhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02266309723919011181noreply@blogger.com