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Homonyms in fanfic

Jul. 9th, 2007 at 10:48 PM

How about locating a "sauce of information", or how about having some "serial" for breakfast?

:::breaks down giggling:::

Some authors manage to top even standard misuses of homophone homonyms that are pretty common (sad as that is), like "there"/"their", "than"/"then", and "sight"/"site". But this? Takes the cake. Ouch.

Mood: amused

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sua-lay.livejournal.com wrote:

Jul. 9th, 2007 10:40 pm (UTC)

*giggles*

I think ouch is exactly the word! *winces* And yeah, took me ages to realize that 'then' and 'than' are two different words, but that's just me...

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allaire.livejournal.com wrote:

Jul. 9th, 2007 11:41 pm (UTC)

Well, I still can't spell "thighs" properly (and yes, to my neverending shame, I had to look it up to use it here. Argh.), so... ;-)

The rest of the story wasn't quite that entertaining. Although transplanting the Magnificent Seven into today's Britain and having them call each other "mate" is hilarious in its own right. *beg*

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sua-lay.livejournal.com wrote:

Jul. 9th, 2007 11:48 pm (UTC)

*cough* I like the thesaurus. At least that way my beta won't beat me to death with a stick...

Hmm... The fic does sound intriguing, but since I can bet it's not my favorite Mag7 pairing, I'll just slowly back away now...

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allaire.livejournal.com wrote:

Jul. 10th, 2007 10:03 am (UTC)

Even worse, it was gen. *eg*

Although I might be able to find the story URL again if you want to take a look...

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sua-lay.livejournal.com wrote:

Jul. 10th, 2007 12:53 pm (UTC)

Gen???

*hides*

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allaire.livejournal.com wrote:

Jul. 10th, 2007 04:18 pm (UTC)

:::giggles:::

I'll take that as a 'no'?

;-P