By generic, are you meaning things like 'hoover' instead of vacuum cleaner, and 'iPod' (eargh) instead of mp3 player? If so, I don't like it, but...
Usually when I put on an accent, it's to highlight a stereotype we don't necessarily have over here. Take the New York Jew - over here, Jewish...
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I am good at accents. I am English, so UK and European accents are easy for me, since they share similar linguistics bases. I can also do several...
If you can receive the channel 'Film 4' then just watch anything before 5pm and chances are it'll be from the 40s.
"Doing something stupid once is ignorance. Doing something stupid twice is idiocy. Doing it three times or more times is called science."...
Even in sci-fi and fantasy, I wouldn't spend more than a few consecutive sentences on pure description, unless I chose to write in a particularly...
They say that nothing in the universe truly dies - like ripples in a pond, things only get smaller until they appear gone, but there influence is...
It really depends on the spin you take with the books. I really enjoy Pratchett-esque descriptions of environments. Here's an example I'm making...
If contractions are allowed: It's alright I suppose. Can't complain. If not: Could be better, could be worse. Also, ShadowReeves is...
I have seen (heard) up to five consecutive 'blah's... "And even the way he stood! It was all like 'just look at me'. I mean, he's so... blah" -...
Ther eare current theories on Warp travel, on of which is the physically possible Alcubierre Drive, but "the energy equivalent of 10^67 grams...
1. I either wait for inspriation, or 'Fankenstein' an idea from interesting fragments. 2. As above 3. Depending on how complex I think the idea,...
How about as an imperative?
No. "The men marched forwards, towards the North." "The men marched Northwards, heading forward." "I drove forwards, then backwards" To be...
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