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Discussion Groups / English Usage / January 2009Something for the weekend
Some more missing adverbs, helpfully arranged in alphabetical order: "I am licensed to drive any heavy goods vehicle consisting of a tractor and trailer," said Tom _____ly. "So you want to hear my life story, Mrs Stowe," said Tom _____ly. "A corn on your toe is not going to get you excused from gymnastics," said Tom _____ly. "These veteran cars can be so danged hard to start," said Tom _____ly. "You don't have to tell me to hang down my head," said Tom _____ly. "After what seemed like an eternity of soul-searching, we could conceive of nowhere more conducive to an epicurean æstival sojourn than Palm Beach," said Tom _____ly. "Female vicars should be defrocked," said Tom _____ly. "I wouldn't deign to listen to Elgar under any circumstances," said Tom _____ly. "I never managed to teach a horse to piaffe," said Tom _____ly. James > "I wouldn't deign to listen to Elgar under any circumstances," > said Tom _____ly. Pompously  SignatureLaura (emulate St. George for email) >> "I wouldn't deign to listen to Elgar under any circumstances," >> said Tom _____ly. > >Pompously said Laura elleffescently. SignaturePeter Duncanson, UK (in alt.usage.english) >> "I wouldn't deign to listen to Elgar under any circumstances," >> said Tom _____ly. > > Pompously And circumstantially. SignatureDavid > >> "I wouldn't deign to listen to Elgar under any circumstances," > >> said Tom _____ly. > > > > Pompously > > And circumstantially. And sweetly. <p://tinyurl.com/7ydzlc> SignatureBob Lieblich Certified Nimrod > "You don't have to tell me to hang down my head," > said Tom _____ly. Dooly. SignatureDavid On 15 Jan 2009, the Omrud wrote >> "You don't have to tell me to hang down my head," >> said Tom _____ly. > > Dooly. The pun works better with "duly", to me. SignatureCheers, Harvey CanEng and BrEng, indiscriminately mixed > On 15 Jan 2009, the Omrud wrote > [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > The pun works better with "duly", to me. I hadn't thought of that - it doesn't work in my BrE. SignatureDavid On 15 Jan 2009, the Omrud wrote >> On 15 Jan 2009, the Omrud wrote >> [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > I hadn't thought of that - it doesn't work in my BrE. I'd have to contort my pronunciation of it, too; but it does improve it a bit. SignatureCheers, Harvey CanEng and BrEng, indiscriminately mixed >> "You don't have to tell me to hang down my head," said Tom _____ly. > > Dooly. I was thinking "unduly" but James said he'd listed them alphabetically and that didn't fit with my earlier suggestion. SignatureLaura (emulate St. George for email) >> "You don't have to tell me to hang down my head," >> said Tom _____ly. > >Dooly. I agree, it should be that, but the word I had in mind was "dourly". It's cheating, but you can think of it as poetic licence, in the same way that the man's real name was changed from Dula to Dooley in the song about the murder of poor Laura. James > Some more missing adverbs, helpfully arranged > in alphabetical order: > > "I am licensed to drive any heavy goods vehicle consisting of a > tractor and trailer," said Tom _____ly. Arctically? Semi-legitimately? > "So you want to hear my life story, Mrs Stowe," > said Tom _____ly. Avuncularly? > "These veteran cars can be so danged hard to start," > said Tom _____ly. ... Crankily. -- Jerry Friedman On Jan 15, 8:35 am, "jerry_fried...@yahoo.com" <jerry_fried...@yahoo.com> wrote: > > Some more missing adverbs, helpfully arranged > > in alphabetical order: [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > Arctically? Semi-legitimately? ... The alphabetical order pretty much takes care of "semi-legitimately". I was probably just trying to get some AmE in there. -- Jerry Friedman >On Jan 15, 8:35 am, "jerry_fried...@yahoo.com" ><jerry_fried...@yahoo.com> wrote: [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] >The alphabetical order pretty much takes care of "semi-legitimately". >I was probably just trying to get some AmE in there. I thought "articulately", but it's a bit of an oxymoron. SignatureKaty Jennison spamtrap: remove the first two letters after the @ >>On Jan 15, 8:35 am, "jerry_fried...@yahoo.com" >><jerry_fried...@yahoo.com> wrote: [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > >I thought "articulately", but it's a bit of an oxymoron. Oxymoron or not, it's the word I was thinking of. Tom the lorry driver is supposed to sound articulate. James >>>On Jan 15, 8:35 am, "jerry_fried...@yahoo.com" >>><jerry_fried...@yahoo.com> wrote: [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] >Oxymoron or not, it's the word I was thinking of. Tom the lorry >driver is supposed to sound articulate. There's a wee touch of pondiality. Artic (BrE) = Semi (AmE). SignaturePeter Duncanson, UK (in alt.usage.english) > On Thu, 15 Jan 2009 16:11:25 +0000, Wood Avens > [quoted text clipped - 21 lines] > Oxymoron or not, it's the word I was thinking of. Tom the lorry > driver is supposed to sound articulate. Certainly "articulately" is better than my "arctically". Weird that I could think of "artic" without thinking of "articulate". So "avuncularly" and "crankily" are wrong? I suppose I'm being paid back for all those SDC questions where I didn't answer till someone got it right. -- Jerry Friedman. T. O. swifty misser >So "avuncularly" and "crankily" are wrong? I suppose I'm being paid >back for all those SDC questions where I didn't answer till someone >got it right. No, "avuncularly" and "crankily" are right! Only three still to be guessed: "A corn on your toe is not going to get you excused from gymnastics," said Tom _____ly. "After what seemed like an eternity of soul-searching, we could conceive of nowhere more conducive to an epicurean æstival sojourn than Palm Beach," said Tom _____ly. "Female vicars should be defrocked," said Tom _____ly. I thought these would be quite easy. The adverbs reflect the tone of Tom's utterances, whether hard-hearted, ornate or cheeky. James > On Thu, 15 Jan 2009 12:22:23 -0800 (PST), > [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > "A corn on your toe is not going to get you excused from > gymnastics," said Tom _____ly. Callously, for gosh sakes. -- Jerry Friedman >> Some more missing adverbs, helpfully arranged >> in alphabetical order: [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > >Arctically? Semi-legitimately? Articulately? >> "So you want to hear my life story, Mrs Stowe," >> said Tom _____ly. > >Avuncularly? autobiographically? >> "These veteran cars can be so danged hard to start," >> said Tom _____ly. >... > >Crankily. SignatureSteve Hayes from Tshwane, South Africa Web: http://hayesfam.bravehost.com/stevesig.htm Blog: http://methodius.blogspot.com E-mail - see web page, or parse: shayes at dunelm full stop org full stop uk >> Some more missing adverbs, helpfully arranged >> in alphabetical order: [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > Arctically? Semi-legitimately? Too bad it has to be alphabetical. I can't avoid "truculently". > > Some more missing adverbs, helpfully arranged > > in alphabetical order: [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > Arctically? Semi-legitimately? weightily SignatureJohn Varela Trade OLD lamps for NEW for email >"Female vicars should be defrocked," >said Tom _____ly. Inordinately? SignatureKaty Jennison spamtrap: remove the first two letters after the @ >> "Female vicars should be defrocked," >> said Tom _____ly. > Inordinately? Dismissively? >> "Female vicars should be defrocked," >> said Tom _____ly. > > Inordinately? Disinvestingly? SignatureDavid >>> "Female vicars should be defrocked," >>> said Tom _____ly. >> >> Inordinately? > >Disinvestingly? Neither of those, nor "dismissively". There are evidently several ways to combine a negative prefix with a clerical allusion, but no one has guessed mine yet. James > Some more missing adverbs, helpfully arranged > in alphabetical order: > > "I am licensed to drive any heavy goods vehicle consisting of a > tractor and trailer," said Tom _____ly. articulately [...] > "These veteran cars can be so danged hard to start," > said Tom _____ly. crankily > "You don't have to tell me to hang down my head," > said Tom _____ly. duly [...] > "I never managed to teach a horse to piaffe," > said Tom _____ly. regretfully SignatureMike. On Jan 15, 10:38 am, "Mike Lyle" <mike_lyle...@REMOVETHISyahoo.co.uk> wrote: ... > > "I never managed to teach a horse to piaffe," > > said Tom _____ly. > > regretfully "Non, rien de rien"? -- Jerry Friedman > Some more missing adverbs, helpfully arranged > in alphabetical order: "I dropped my toothpaste," said Tom ___________ly. SignatureJohn Varela Trade OLD lamps for NEW for email > "I dropped my toothpaste," said Tom ___________ly. incidentally. SignatureLew crestfallenly. >> "I dropped my toothpaste," said Tom ___________ly. > > incidentally. pritsy filted upside-down (but I fixed that): >>> "I dropped my toothpaste," said Tom ___________ly. >> >> incidentally. > >crestfallenly. Indeed...that's one of the cases often used to explain Swifties to beginners, along with "'The prisoner went down these stairs', said Tom condescendingly." ....r Signature"You got Schadenfreude on my Weltanschauung!" "You got Weltanschauung in my Schadenfreude!" > pritsy filted upside-down (but I fixed that): >>>> "I dropped my toothpaste," said Tom ___________ly. [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > Indeed...that's one of the cases often used to explain Swifties to beginners, > along with "'The prisoner went down these stairs', said Tom condescendingly." "Man, we really dig you", said Tom gravely. SignatureDavid > pritsy filted upside-down (but I fixed that): >>>> "I dropped my toothpaste," said Tom ___________ly. >>> incidentally. >> crestfallenly. > Indeed...that's one of the cases often used to explain Swifties to > beginners, along with "'The prisoner went down these stairs', said > Tom condescendingly." "I have canine teeth like seed pearls," remarked Tom incidentally. >R H Draney wrote: >> pritsy filted upside-down (but I fixed that): [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > >"I have canine teeth like seed pearls," remarked Tom incidentally. "I'm bored with this," said Tom hollowly. SignaturePaul >> pritsy filted upside-down (but I fixed that): >>>>> "I dropped my toothpaste," said Tom ___________ly. > [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > "I have canine teeth like seed pearls," remarked Tom incidentally. You mean "incisively". SignatureSkitt (AmE) >>> pritsy filted upside-down (but I fixed that): >>>>>> "I dropped my toothpaste," said Tom ___________ly. >>>>> incidentally. >>>> crestfallenly. >>> Indeed...that's one of the cases often used to explain Swifties to >>> beginners, along with "'The prisoner went down these stairs', said >>> Tom condescendingly." >> "I have canine teeth like seed pearls," remarked Tom incidentally. > You mean "incisively". Maybe. Or I could mean "inciwincidentally". But I'm sticking with "incidentally", because that's the word this subthread started with. >>>> pritsy filted upside-down (but I fixed that): >>>>>>> "I dropped my toothpaste," said Tom ___________ly. > [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > Maybe. Or I could mean "inciwincidentally". But I'm sticking with > "incidentally", because that's the word this subthread started with. I was relating the word to teeth -- incisors, specifically. So I missed it by less than a millimeter. SignatureSkitt (AmE) [incision/wincision: a nice decision] > I was relating the word to teeth -- incisors, specifically. So I > missed it by less than a millimeter. As near as makes no difference, in the absence of corrective lenses. |
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