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three ([personal profile] 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.

[identity profile] rachel2205.livejournal.com 2010-07-26 11:53 pm (UTC)(link)
Awesome! I have added you. BTW, mostly my journal at the moment is me stressing about moving to Paris, which I know makes me sound like an entitled twat! XD My excuse is that I was given seven weeks' notice and I only speak basic French, so my life is interesting right now. But I'm sure normalish LJ service will resume shortly.