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What SRD word have you grown to HATE! ;-)
Posted: Sun Jan 02, 2005 3:52 pm
by Creator
We have all benefited immeasurably by SRD's vocabulary expanding prose. But there are some words or short expressions that I'm sure we've grown to HATE
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Mine is from Runes - Formication
read Runes for it's context!
I've found these words become especially annoying when you listen to the CDs (Runes has 22 of them!!)
Which one is it for you?
Posted: Sun Jan 02, 2005 4:10 pm
by Alynna Lis Eachann
I'll have to second "formication." For some reason, "crepuscular" comes to mind as well -is this an SRD word, or do I have an aversion to anything that sounds distasteful?
Posted: Sun Jan 02, 2005 4:11 pm
by Furls Fire
puissant...
everything is puissant
Posted: Sun Jan 02, 2005 5:37 pm
by danlo
Furls has my word--I even mentioned in my review at Amazon.com that one word was repeated too much...that's the one.
Posted: Sun Jan 02, 2005 5:38 pm
by CovenantJr
I agree with puissant and formication. Gah!
Posted: Sun Jan 02, 2005 10:22 pm
by Loredoctor
I have no complaints.
Posted: Sun Jan 02, 2005 10:23 pm
by ook
ineffable is used a lot as is' Linden groaned'
Posted: Sun Jan 02, 2005 11:37 pm
by dlbpharmd
unambergrised
Posted: Mon Jan 03, 2005 1:24 am
by CovenantJr
By the end of TOT, I never wanted to hear "Don't touch me" again. I seem to have recovered though.
Posted: Mon Jan 03, 2005 1:27 am
by Loredoctor
Don't touch me.
Posted: Mon Jan 03, 2005 1:42 am
by dlbpharmd
CovenantJr wrote:By the end of TOT, I never wanted to hear "Don't touch me" again. I seem to have recovered though.
And then it was "You never loved me anyway." Don't forget that one.
Posted: Mon Jan 03, 2005 3:03 am
by Cail
Hellfire got on my nerves...It just doesn't naturally roll off my tongue.
Posted: Mon Jan 03, 2005 6:00 am
by kevinswatch
ook wrote:'Linden groaned'
Hahahaha. No kidding. I'm sick of that phrase already. And I'm only on page 136.
I don't know if I have any personal pet peeves. Being a person of bad english to begin with, I tend to forget most of the words I don't understand anyway. Heh.-jay
Posted: Mon Jan 03, 2005 6:17 am
by ur-James
Well, one word I've noticed him use quite a bit was "alacrity". Actually had to look the damn word up.
And I remember when I was getting ready to reread the second chrons, I remembered him use the word "severity" when talking about Linden. It's one thing that really stood out to me.
James
Posted: Mon Jan 03, 2005 9:10 am
by MrKABC
PUISSANCE
I *hate* that word!
Posted: Mon Jan 03, 2005 12:07 pm
by dlbpharmd
Cail wrote:Hellfire got on my nerves...It just doesn't naturally roll off my tongue.
"Hellfire" is pretty common in the southeast - but "bloody damnation" isn't.
Posted: Mon Jan 03, 2005 2:12 pm
by Alynna Lis Eachann
"Argence" is kinda starting to grate on my nerves. I know it's neccessary, but still...
Posted: Mon Jan 03, 2005 3:16 pm
by Myste
The one I don't like is "roynish." No offense to the Watcher by that name. I just think it's an ugly word, and every time he describes an ur-vile he uses it. It was cool the first couple times, but after that I just wanted a new word.
Posted: Mon Jan 03, 2005 8:38 pm
by I'm Murrin
After White Gold Wielder I was getting pretty sick of 'Apotheosis'.
Posted: Tue Jan 04, 2005 1:44 am
by Furls Fire
dlbpharmd wrote:unambergrised
Don't let Fist see that...unambergrised is his favorite word