'Out Of Gas'
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Huh. Someone just wrote me and told me I should try to use more international slang in my stories.
I have no idea how to respond, especially since it was about a story where Gunn is the POV character. The babe's from SoCal ,and there's no indication that he's particularly well-traveled.
And what the hell IS international slang, anyway?
what the hell IS international slang, anyway?
I have no idea what they mean, shrift, but my initial reaction is "at last! A language geek's name for 'lol' 'rotflmao' and '4Evah!1!'."
When in doubt, mock.
Huh. Someone just wrote me and told me I should try to use more international slang in my stories.
Heh.
I'm luvv with Anna's latest project. Really well-done free indirect discourse is one of my literary kinks. I get all purry.
Jane St Clair, whose footprints I worship, did a Three Things that Never Happened to Ethan bit.
And what the hell IS international slang, anyway?
I think you should reply with "Hose off, eh?" in true Bob and Doug fashion.
Wild, flailing guess, but maybe the writer was confused by some of the US/SoCal-specific slang you used, wanted less of it, and was trying to phrase the request as a positive rather than a negative?
I'm trying to think of international slang, but the only thing I can come up with are the bits of British slang I use and the odd bits of slang I picked up from an Australian chat friend. I'm pretty sure the slang he uses isn't so much Australian as his own weird way of talking.
I used to know a bunch of Puerto Rican slang, but I've forgotten all of it, and besides, I'm not sure I could work in "your momma bangs ugly ferrets" or whatever the worst of it meant if I tried.
I think you should reply with "Hose off, eh?" in true Bob and Doug fashion.
Well, it's either that or write a story entirely in Ebonics, but if I did, there'd be a long line of people waiting to clobber my ass.
I'm not sure I could work in "your momma bangs ugly ferrets" or whatever the worst of it meant if I tried.
I would love to see you try. Some day... Obscure slang useage challenge, anybody? Could be weird or hysterical.
I would love to see you try. Some day... Obscure slang useage challenge, anybody? Could be weird or hysterical.
Well, first I'd have to remember the expression, and as I no longer speak the language...
I miss speaking Spanish, I think.