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posted by [personal profile] jay_walk at 10:20pm on 06/07/2011 under , ,
"very nice" - this is awful diction, objectively. Use less adverbs, stronger adjectives, etc..

But this particular phrase makes me think of serial killers every time I accidentally use it.

Fun fact: "I send you half the Kidne I took from one women prasarved it for you tother piece I fried and ate it was very nice" - Jack the Ripper

Furthermore every time I write something like "it was very nice" I am reminded of Clegg. The Collector contains some revoltingly bland writing. I don't know how he does it exactly, but it is brilliantly alienating.
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posted by [personal profile] sylvaine at 09:58pm on 06/07/2011
Oh god, Jack the Ripper. Such a fun unbalanced psycho. XD Although "very nice" always reminds me of Hakuna Matata from The Lion King...
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posted by [personal profile] jay_walk at 11:42am on 07/07/2011
I think of serial killers and you think of disney movies, and my first reaction to this is that there must be something wrong with you that your first association should be such awful things... o.O

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