tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1128460350781036829.post2886305477653695166..comments2024-03-19T02:19:12.589+00:00Comments on How To Write Badly Well: Underestimate your audienceJoel Stickleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14270604410152020281noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1128460350781036829.post-53141744182664590552022-05-10T00:07:36.655+01:002022-05-10T00:07:36.655+01:00Uh... my teacher writes with white powdery stuff.
...Uh... my teacher writes with white powdery stuff.<br />Is that cocaine?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1128460350781036829.post-74694272332260831012010-12-31T09:02:15.777+00:002010-12-31T09:02:15.777+00:00Uh, sorry I'm kinda confused... What is "...Uh, sorry I'm kinda confused... What is "describe"? There're too many big words in this!!!Mrs. The Pointnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1128460350781036829.post-83099438607267708742010-11-04T02:55:16.310+00:002010-11-04T02:55:16.310+00:00I'm thinking more of "Airplane" - a ...I'm thinking more of "Airplane" - a flying contraption used to transport people and objects - but that's not important now.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1128460350781036829.post-3545315357914889862010-09-04T05:40:07.024+01:002010-09-04T05:40:07.024+01:00Fry and Laurie had an excellent sketch along these...Fry and Laurie had an excellent <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BUKOebCbINc" rel="nofollow">sketch</a> along these lines<br /><br />(...a <i>sketch</i> being a brief, typically comedic, skit or routine, often performed as part of a larger program.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1128460350781036829.post-86445757940355622682010-08-19T15:39:04.411+01:002010-08-19T15:39:04.411+01:00I hope Uncle Jennie isn't serious, there was e...I hope Uncle Jennie isn't serious, there was even a movie called Blow!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1128460350781036829.post-22338547731246611482010-08-18T03:25:04.423+01:002010-08-18T03:25:04.423+01:00What MarcT said x2What MarcT said x2Rob Younghttp://www.interfacepublications.com.aunoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1128460350781036829.post-82818680527148202992010-08-18T00:52:56.426+01:002010-08-18T00:52:56.426+01:00"Events" is a word which here means &quo..."Events" is a word which here means "things that happen."<br /><br />(For the record, I've never heard the term "blow" used for cocaine.)Uncle Jenniehttp://indeedly.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1128460350781036829.post-50559079232090161792010-08-17T22:27:21.430+01:002010-08-17T22:27:21.430+01:00yes. defintely a series of unfortunate- that means...yes. defintely a series of unfortunate- that means not very nice- events.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1128460350781036829.post-77556312811224071322010-08-17T09:25:49.559+01:002010-08-17T09:25:49.559+01:00I'm having Lemony Snicket flashbacks.I'm having Lemony Snicket flashbacks.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1128460350781036829.post-42765931528635744002010-08-16T22:36:33.451+01:002010-08-16T22:36:33.451+01:00Wait, where's the part where you underestimate...Wait, where's the part where you underestimated your audience?<br /><br />:DAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16092825044082633184noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1128460350781036829.post-6467104434280726352010-08-16T18:28:22.240+01:002010-08-16T18:28:22.240+01:00Hehehehe!
Oh man, the metaphor explanation took ...Hehehehe! <br />Oh man, the metaphor explanation took me back to Eggers, when he discussed the literary devices he was using and had people break out of character and etc in his Heartbreaking Work. (Except that, I thought, was pretty cool, whereas this is badly awesome.;))A. L. Rosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02402497863822513200noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1128460350781036829.post-68473110217588810042010-08-16T17:57:10.632+01:002010-08-16T17:57:10.632+01:00woah. is this a story or a kind of definition of t...woah. is this a story or a kind of definition of terms in paragraph form? haha. :DAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1128460350781036829.post-19159660766992652922010-08-16T17:06:32.444+01:002010-08-16T17:06:32.444+01:00Welcome to the world of technical writing! Where e...Welcome to the world of technical writing! Where every word over 2 syllables is an opportunity to lose half of your readers. (let's see...4 words of 3+ syllables => 6.25% of your are still reading. Congratulations! (crap, just lost another 3.125%))<br /><br />Seriously, this is my job. And my audience <i>refuses</i> to be underestimated.MarcTnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1128460350781036829.post-32463515408181475272010-08-16T16:10:08.090+01:002010-08-16T16:10:08.090+01:00What is 'walked', please?What is 'walked', please?Fran Hillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07935088780461825341noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1128460350781036829.post-73095500805223591822010-08-16T13:43:33.629+01:002010-08-16T13:43:33.629+01:00Sorry would you explain this story in more detail ...Sorry would you explain this story in more detail please? thank you.<br />:-)Old Kittyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13185547869183611159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1128460350781036829.post-87824877019791212412010-08-16T13:37:22.624+01:002010-08-16T13:37:22.624+01:00In these parts, d00d, a divan is a kind of sofa. ...In these parts, d00d, a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Divan_%28furniture%29" rel="nofollow">divan</a> is a kind of sofa. Unless we are <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Divan" rel="nofollow">talking the Ottoman Empire</a> here.John Cowanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11452247999156925669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1128460350781036829.post-53324608082097646752010-08-16T12:51:44.704+01:002010-08-16T12:51:44.704+01:00The act of putting "blow," or cocaine, o...The act of putting "blow," or cocaine, or white powedery stuff, up one's nose, is done for the purpose of getting "high." (Which is self-explanatory, as that is obviously the target audience for this style of writing.)Bookworm Hienrichshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00713410635282936709noreply@blogger.com