[ SECRET POST #3491 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #3491 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

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02. [repeat]


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[A Game of Thrones, Lyanna Mormont]


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04.
[Taylor Swift]


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05.
[Spongebob Squarepants]


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[old French politics, RPS]


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[Sherlock Holmes, "The Final Problem”]


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(Camille Bordey and Richard Poole, Death in Paradise)


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[Futurama]


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[Bill Skarsgård at Pennywise in the new remake of It]










Notes:

Secrets Left to Post: 02 pages, 42 secrets from Secret Submission Post #499.
Secrets Not Posted: [ 0 - broken links ], [ 0 - not!secrets ], [ 0 - not!fandom ], [ 0 - too big ], [ 0 - repeat ].
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Comments

Re: Slang that is getting on my nerves

[mrs_don_draper]

How else would you show where the stutter is in the word/sentence?

Re: Slang that is getting on my nerves

[(Anonymous)]

I don't think it really needs to be there at all.

Re: Slang that is getting on my nerves

[mrs_don_draper]

Okay, if you don't think it needs to be explicit, then tell me which word is stuttered in this sentence:

"But I just can't stand the thought of Jack leaving me!" she stuttered.

Re: Slang that is getting on my nerves

[(Anonymous)]

Maybe it's okay in that sentence.

The stutter thing mostly annoys me when it's someone making a fake argument they disagree with, where they are speaking from the point of view of the person they think would be making that argument. So I wasn't thinking about sentences in the third person, that are actually conveying information or are part of a story. In that context, it doesn't annoy me.

Re: Slang that is getting on my nerves

[comma_chameleon]

Like, in general typing, or in fiction?

I could see a use for both, if you want to indicate a tone of hesitation in a typed conversation, or if you're writing a character with a stutter.

Re: Slang that is getting on my nerves

[sparrow_lately]

What about when you want to show someone is unsure of pronunciation or what to say?

"I was very fl-flattered" or "you can't just r-raise the dead!" or whatever?

Re: Slang that is getting on my nerves

[(Anonymous)]

I had a Creative Writing professor who hated stuttering written out. Of course, he also hated any word used besides "said" and also hated any kind of adverb. I reckon that's the more snooty unofficial rules of writing.

I think it's fine, but it definitely can go overboard. (for example, "B-but I don't want to!" vs "B-but I d-don't w-want t-to!") And writing out things like stuttering or accents is probably best left to more "fun" writing, like in kids' fiction or silly creative pieces. I can understand how it can easily be distracting.