All this "adverb" talk has earwormed me with Schoolhouse Rock.
Lolly lolly lolly...
River: I didn't think you'd come for me. Simon: Well, you're a dummy.
'Serenity'
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There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
Frankenbuddha - Feb 29, 2012 7:45:22 am PST #18060 of 28282
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Volans - Feb 29, 2012 11:53:02 am PST #18061 of 28282
move out and draw fire
I write for the government, primarily, and we aren't allowed to use adverbs. Or adjectives. Or metaphors or similes. EVERYTHING is contained in the verb choice.
I don't know, maybe this is part of the increasing government austerity? Do adverbs cost more?
Typo Boy - Feb 29, 2012 11:56:07 am PST #18062 of 28282
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
Raq, just a matter of government policy being behind the times. Adverbs used to be expensive, but they are now made in bulk in Indonesia and cost almost nothing.
Connie Neil - Feb 29, 2012 12:10:13 pm PST #18063 of 28282
brillig
Darn cheap outsourced adverbs. They're keeping writers here at home from having the adverbs we want!
Ginger - Feb 29, 2012 12:13:06 pm PST #18064 of 28282
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
Eventually they'll outsource the verbs, and all the sentences will fall apart in piles of nouns.
Matt the Bruins fan - Feb 29, 2012 1:49:10 pm PST #18065 of 28282
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Budget. Shortfall. You. Solution. Jiffy.
Volans - Feb 29, 2012 3:07:02 pm PST #18066 of 28282
move out and draw fire
I do know some govies who tend to leave out the nouns when they speak.
Adverbs used to be expensive, but they are now made in bulk in Indonesia and cost almost nothing.
But due to the Buy America Act, we have to source ours domestically. Like that one; it came from a job-creating small business in Maryland.
DebetEsse - Feb 29, 2012 3:25:18 pm PST #18067 of 28282
Woe to the fucking wicked.
It's so hard to get the really good adverbs from domestic sources, though. I'm hoping that we'll get something like the artisanal adjective movement that took off a few years ago. I've hears that some people are doing DIY prepositions.
Connie Neil - Feb 29, 2012 3:27:29 pm PST #18068 of 28282
brillig
I prefer my adverbs to come from the ancient Adverb Forest that grows on the banks of the River Avon. It's the only place to get the really pure, English adverbs. Though I must admit that some of the adverbs English has snitched off the other languages can be . . . very sprightly.
Jesse - Feb 29, 2012 3:29:31 pm PST #18069 of 28282
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
You can get some great adverbs from Brooklyn now.