Brits
Brits just have a better way with words. Instead of slow, drawling, labored sentences, they dance lightly over the longest and most complicated phrases.
And then for good measure they'll throw in a few words they think up.
For example, from louche, "I decided to bimble into Soho to join some chums for the party circuit."
Or, "Under the counter: Jim gives me a zamizdat copy of the briefing notes..." from Helminthdale.
Cow would like Americans to spice up their conversations with new words, fresh, brightly colored, crunchy or salty, sweet or spicy. Just a little something new.
Moo!
And then for good measure they'll throw in a few words they think up.
For example, from louche, "I decided to bimble into Soho to join some chums for the party circuit."
Or, "Under the counter: Jim gives me a zamizdat copy of the briefing notes..." from Helminthdale.
Cow would like Americans to spice up their conversations with new words, fresh, brightly colored, crunchy or salty, sweet or spicy. Just a little something new.
Moo!
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I lay no claim for 'zamizdat' save my mis-spelling. The first z should be an s.
My only excuse is that we always pronounced it with a z at school but that was probably just our Mancunian accents.
I feel I ought to explain: I went to an English boys' grammar school and the readings in our school assemblies, which should be of an uplifting and spiritual nature, came from any one of:
* Noah's flood
* The Colditz Story
* The Wooden Horse
* A Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovitch
OMG, I was being groomed for my present career!
Funny how it all becomes clear in hindsight, no? (re: grammar school grooming)
(Cow quickly contacting chums in a clandestine Soviet Union publishing house)
Take that, zamizdat!
Moo!
So, are you saying "Jeetyet?" doesn't work for you?
Unfortunately, I have to read a lot of writing by writers who only read bad writing. Atrocious. But ... occasionally (mainly when I'm shopping for books for my 5-year-old) I stumble across something really refreshing, like Lemony Snicket or Roald Dahl. Now that's some colorful language. And clever.
FYI - Doghouse, don't flinch; I was not referring to your work.
Words are magic. Much like Abracadabra.
So? Bimbled off anywhere yourself lately?
Cow trundle.
Cows aspire to bimble, but the four legs get in the way.
Darn it.
Moo!
Bunnys do bimble.
In fact, Bunny is bimbling right now.
Hippity-hop!
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