I guess it must be. I take it there are parts of the country that don't say "turns up missing"?
I had the same reaction as Ginger. I don't think I use it much, but it never would've struck me as odd or confusing, either.
We're taking a moment ... and we're done.
Oz ,'Chosen'
The Great Write Way, Chapter Two: Twice upon a time...
A place for Buffistas to discuss, beta and otherwise deal and dish on their non-fan fiction projects.
Susan W. - Apr 28, 2005 8:02:05 am PDT #1489 of 10001
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights
deborah grabien - Apr 28, 2005 8:05:24 am PDT #1490 of 10001
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
"Turns Up Missing"?
OK, that really reads oddly to me.
erikaj - Apr 28, 2005 8:06:12 am PDT #1491 of 10001
I'm a fucking amazing catch!--Fiona Gallagher, Shameless(US)
I think your DH is a fucking genius(in the adjective sense, mind you) Susan. Also CG told me the same thing when my tank got dry once.
deborah grabien - Apr 28, 2005 8:07:40 am PDT #1492 of 10001
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
Susan, he's talking good basic common sense.
Steph L. - Apr 28, 2005 8:12:45 am PDT #1493 of 10001
the hardest to learn / was the least complicated
I asked him what I should do about it. His first suggestion was "breathe through your eyelids,"
Like the lava lizards of the Galapagos Islands!
deborah grabien - Apr 28, 2005 8:16:31 am PDT #1494 of 10001
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
The rose goes in the front, big guy....
Teppy, may I say how much I adore the idea of a "really really bad drabble" challenge?
Topic!Cindy - Apr 28, 2005 8:17:21 am PDT #1495 of 10001
What is even happening?
I'm drawing a complete blank on what to attempt. Y'all have probably noticed I don't do the drabbles unless they suggest to me something from the wip or one of the embryonic novels. I definitely get tunnel vision.Susan, why don't you just go back through some of Teppy's challenges in this thread?
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Turn up missing sounds to me like the resolution came before the conflict. I think I would say went missing, though I would most often say, is missing.
Topic!Cindy - Apr 28, 2005 8:17:46 am PDT #1496 of 10001
What is even happening?
Like the lava lizards of the Galapagos Islands!
Bull Durham.
deborah grabien - Apr 28, 2005 8:19:32 am PDT #1497 of 10001
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
"Turns up", to me, indicates "found", not "lost".
You know, I'd been wondering about doing a Cliche drabble for the cliche of "You can't always get what you want."
But no matter how I look at it, the drabble is always going to be "Well, no SHIT, Sherlock!", written out twenty five times.
Scrappy - Apr 28, 2005 8:21:02 am PDT #1498 of 10001
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
Write a description of Annabel having breakfast, with lots of detail--what the room looks like, what you are thinking about, what she says, how you feel about her--something she might like to have when she is older to get an idea what she was like and the world was like.