tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1128460350781036829.post432731778963559195..comments2024-03-26T15:49:44.555+00:00Comments on How To Write Badly Well: Don’t be put off by wildly conflicting registers of languageJoel Stickleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14270604410152020281noreply@blogger.comBlogger23125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1128460350781036829.post-47074892504532461612013-07-30T19:24:30.726+01:002013-07-30T19:24:30.726+01:00For some reason, while I read this, it sounded lik...For some reason, while I read this, it sounded like some kind of rap in my head. <br />Hilarious article. ^_^Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00083734102115890123noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1128460350781036829.post-684069415295203322013-01-12T07:29:31.246+00:002013-01-12T07:29:31.246+00:00I had to stop and catch my breath after the very f...I had to stop and catch my breath after the very first sentence. Currently wiping tears of hlarity from my eyes.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1128460350781036829.post-43679760078318697542010-09-26T22:12:43.292+01:002010-09-26T22:12:43.292+01:00OMG! You are positively superb. I, like, totally j...OMG! You are positively superb. I, like, totally just laughed so intensely, I sobbed! This post was off the hizzle-fo-shizzle. Alas, I must resumeith laboringith at my schooling-oriented tasks. See y'all l8r, dudes, peace out!Anne Nonnie Mossnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1128460350781036829.post-81279286333379713542010-07-30T15:57:00.250+01:002010-07-30T15:57:00.250+01:00I heard it in Stephen Fry's voice too. It'...I heard it in Stephen Fry's voice too. It's very "a bit of Fry and Laurie", don't you think?hannihttp://xanga.com/sadomasochistic_SLINKYnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1128460350781036829.post-3399186279695954882010-02-08T21:07:42.171+00:002010-02-08T21:07:42.171+00:00Or would that be 'anonymis"?
This blog is...Or would that be 'anonymis"?<br />This blog is wonderful, Joel Stickley... please keep it up!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1128460350781036829.post-9676454171516319152010-02-08T21:05:14.453+00:002010-02-08T21:05:14.453+00:00How many anonymous do we have here?How many anonymous do we have here?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1128460350781036829.post-75674343584599605122010-01-24T12:52:01.515+00:002010-01-24T12:52:01.515+00:00I actually adore this.I actually adore this.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1128460350781036829.post-85763247603985321762010-01-18T07:12:51.116+00:002010-01-18T07:12:51.116+00:00I just went back and reread the first line out lou...I just went back and reread the first line out loud with an imatation of Stephen Fry's voice. It kind of works lolAnn Elisehttp://coldfirewriter.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1128460350781036829.post-66901299916838522492010-01-15T05:15:03.267+00:002010-01-15T05:15:03.267+00:00Uh oh, Levi. You are right but I hear people use c...Uh oh, Levi. You are right but I hear people use concerted that way all the time - to mean 'specifically concentrated', essentially. <br />What word should we, I mean THEY, be using?<br /><br />Also, the first anon is crazy. This was amazing and I threw my head back and laughed at that first sentence.Laniihttp://laniibegood.tumblr.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1128460350781036829.post-15186572624495905252010-01-06T11:48:23.937+00:002010-01-06T11:48:23.937+00:00Does anyone else hear this read out by Stephen Fry...Does anyone else hear this read out by Stephen Fry in their heads? Nope? Just me then...<br />Pure genius again, by the way.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1128460350781036829.post-60774558569608763292009-12-20T17:20:58.639+00:002009-12-20T17:20:58.639+00:00Ha ha! I caught your error! One person can't m...Ha ha! I caught your error! One person can't make a concerted effort. Other than that, it's perfect. :)Levi Montgomeryhttp://www.levimontgomery.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1128460350781036829.post-3485842795970185142009-12-19T20:31:22.212+00:002009-12-19T20:31:22.212+00:00I actually find this one hilarious in a good way. ...I actually find this one hilarious in a good way. The rest just make me want to weep.Kathrynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01691831794584721840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1128460350781036829.post-40059058834012073792009-12-18T23:06:56.220+00:002009-12-18T23:06:56.220+00:00Anonymous needs reminding that possessive pronouns...Anonymous needs reminding that possessive pronouns don't need possessive apostrophes.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1128460350781036829.post-57352894727240100342009-12-18T20:43:36.187+00:002009-12-18T20:43:36.187+00:00Actually, I like this. It works for me.Actually, I like this. It works for me.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1128460350781036829.post-22697701812994055762009-12-18T20:41:26.043+00:002009-12-18T20:41:26.043+00:00I think this could work in a Clockwork Orangey dys...I think this could work in a Clockwork Orangey dystopia setting.Gwenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03801788182510463248noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1128460350781036829.post-88351002770423023902009-12-18T19:29:55.840+00:002009-12-18T19:29:55.840+00:00damn it anonymous, quit contradicting myself!damn it anonymous, quit contradicting myself!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1128460350781036829.post-17894264956011852512009-12-18T18:37:59.754+00:002009-12-18T18:37:59.754+00:00Hell YES. This one is the best ever!Hell YES. This one is the best ever!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1128460350781036829.post-86173519252601714412009-12-18T18:16:43.900+00:002009-12-18T18:16:43.900+00:00I don't know what Anonymous up there is talkin...I don't know what Anonymous up there is talking about,t his is brilliant.Akkhimahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01969742559541528294noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1128460350781036829.post-87121458900565941172009-12-18T17:50:36.632+00:002009-12-18T17:50:36.632+00:00Love the shizzle going dizzle.Love the shizzle going dizzle.karen ballhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05595346107578248030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1128460350781036829.post-49686933240560664432009-12-18T16:58:00.027+00:002009-12-18T16:58:00.027+00:00This Penny Arcade strip mixes legal and gamer cont...This <a href="http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2008/3/12/" rel="nofollow">Penny Arcade strip</a> mixes legal and gamer contexts very nicely. And yet, when today's gamers have gray hair, one can almost imagine ...<br /><br />Standing: In <i>Pygmalion</i>, it's all gutter talk, just in a cut-glass RP accent. (Well, after her first remark about the weather: "The shallow depression in the west of these islands is likely to move slowly in an easterly direction. There are no indications of any great change in the barometrical situation.") A few bits: "done the old woman in", "She come through diphtheria right enough", "them as pinched it", leading up to her final "Walk! Not bloody likely. [Sensation] I am going in a taxi", which indeed did cause a sensation in its 1914 West End premiere (on Broadway, of course, nothing happened).John Cowanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11452247999156925669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1128460350781036829.post-1012828059421813132009-12-18T14:39:36.130+00:002009-12-18T14:39:36.130+00:00This reminds me of Eliza Doolittle's first pub...This reminds me of Eliza Doolittle's first public appearance at the races in My Fair Lady in which she had a mixture of highbrow English and gutter talk.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1128460350781036829.post-65582860838929584832009-12-18T13:43:21.295+00:002009-12-18T13:43:21.295+00:00So bad it's almost good..love it.So bad it's almost good..love it.Keren Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13121027210783177857noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1128460350781036829.post-25727560187922015792009-12-18T13:03:25.492+00:002009-12-18T13:03:25.492+00:00Every blog needs a weak article, and this one is y...Every blog needs a weak article, and this one is your's.<br /> Love the rest though, keep it up.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com