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threeplusfire) wrote2010-07-26 04:33 pm
threeplusfire) wrote2010-07-26 04:33 pm
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unsolicited advice, knowing your words
Dear reviewers, if you ever want anyone to take you seriously you need to get your funny words and sayings down correctly. Otherwise, people are just going to point and laugh. Here's a couple common mistakes you should avoid:
It's not "hammy down" it is hand me down. Good people might mistake your used car for a breakfast sandwich and that would just lead to unhappiness for everyone!
It's not "walla!" but "voila." (I'll even forgive you for leaving out the accent mark.)
When talking about scents, you want to say "reeked" instead of "wreaked" unless you opened that bottle of perfume and a Spartan sprang out to smash your chairs and rip up your carpets and skewered your lap dog on a spear.
It's not "hammy down" it is hand me down. Good people might mistake your used car for a breakfast sandwich and that would just lead to unhappiness for everyone!
It's not "walla!" but "voila." (I'll even forgive you for leaving out the accent mark.)
When talking about scents, you want to say "reeked" instead of "wreaked" unless you opened that bottle of perfume and a Spartan sprang out to smash your chairs and rip up your carpets and skewered your lap dog on a spear.
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"Viola!"
It's like someone's getting really excited about a musical instrument when that really isn't the case at all...
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But it makes me think of excitable viola players. That should be a fic challenge.