"Your" Words?

[Prussian to the Iron]

Bah, only those weak in the world of speaking resort to other languages for diversity. I flip around with accents quite a bit, and try to create as much discordance as possible whenever I do so. I've done formal readings in a broad Australian accent, songs in incomprehensible slavic basso, and yelled at people in an aristocratic drawl.

i do that too actually.

the most funny part about it is that my friend tries to do a british accent.....and he fails. hard. if he was forced to do a british accent, and 1 person would die every time he failed, we would all be dead.

and then i come in with my well-practiced variety of accents and make him look like a dumbass

[TinCow]

Obtuse

I use that word regularly because it applies to many people I meet.

[Sevis]

That had me rolling on the ground yet I have no idea what it says

It's done with one or another automatic translator which decided "way" was used in the primary meaning of the word.

[Subotan]

i do that too actually.

the most funny part about it is that my friend tries to do a british accent.....and he fails. hard. if he was forced to do a british accent, and 1 person would die every time he failed, we would all be dead.

and then i come in with my well-practiced variety of accents and make him look like a dumbass

British accent as in Lord Hoity-Toity the Fourth of Bigglesworth, or normal bloke from down the road British accent?

[Ja'chyra]

I've got a couple, my favourite has got to be "You're making me angry" and my other one I use when descibing things I just add "And.............$^%£" on the end when I've ran out of things to say.

Other than those I don't really speak a lot, noise irritates me, which is awkward when you're living with a woman, any woman. I've also picked up a reputation for being very forthright with my contractors, if they are deliverables are substandard I like to make sure they know, so I tend to use the word "Pants" when describing them.

[A Very Super Market]

Bigglesworth, all the way. I can't think of anything more suited to anything but an extra cultivated RP. Of course, I've been forced to undergo therapy sessions as well, so who knows.

[Snite]

Ah yes, I sprinkle Spanish and Arabic through out my speach randomly.

[naut]

Whilst writing, I use one kind of punctuation too much; semi-colons.

They sound to me in my head like dotted crotchet rests, like in music, in between commas and full stops :3 (With the latter two obviously being quaver and minim rests, obviously)

I used to do that a lot too. Now that I've gotten a bit better at punctuation, however, I cannot stand semi-colons. I'd sooner rip them out of all literature and purge their existence if I could.

NOOO

They make writing jazzy

My hate for them is purely based on the errors they cause, mind you. So few people actually understand how to use them correctly that I'd rather they not use them at all.

Without semi-colons, how would you join a list of elements with internal commas? It'd be chaos I tell you! Chaos!

Ajax

So when do you use them then?

Between two main clauses separated by a transitional phrase, or in a listing of elements that contain internal commas as ajax has pointed out.

Those are the only situations in which a semicolon is grammatically correct.

Hehe. This all reminded me of Vonnegut.

"Here is a lesson in creative writing. First rule: Do not use semicolons. They are transvestite hermaphrodites representing absolutely nothing. All they do is show you've been to college."

[Subotan]

Bah. I still like 'em.

[Monk]

Hehe. This all reminded me of Vonnegut.

"Here is a lesson in creative writing. First rule: Do not use semicolons. They are transvestite hermaphrodites representing absolutely nothing. All they do is show you've been to college."

I highly approve of that quote.

[Hax]

"Feck", due to seeing Dara Ó Briain numerous times.

Then there's "gah", a general outcry of surprise or annoyance.

Also, there's the Daimoku which is common when I grow displeased with the ignorance of certain people. I sometimes use the Fire Sermon when I find that people complain too much.

[Scienter]

"Blargh" (generally only during morning, before I'm capable of forming words). Also, "ginormous" and "skeevy." At work I seem to write "inadequate" more than almost any other word right now...