tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7162206974728931335.post9087941136765847126..comments2024-03-28T08:20:11.686-05:00Comments on Daughter Number Three: Souped-Up SuperlativesDaughter Number Threehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08171356533232458827noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7162206974728931335.post-43187462850658934762010-11-21T21:23:47.810-06:002010-11-21T21:23:47.810-06:00No big deal. You seem like a stickler, so I just w...No big deal. You seem like a stickler, so I just wanted to make sure :)Kenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15564285901144613583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7162206974728931335.post-40241532466986151242010-11-21T20:25:46.027-06:002010-11-21T20:25:46.027-06:00You got me on that one, Ken! Chalk it up to anothe...You got me on that one, Ken! Chalk it up to another instance of Muphry's Law, which says that "if you write anything criticizing editing or proofreading, there will be a fault of some kind in what you have written."<br /><br />I'll fix it in the post.Daughter Number Threehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08171356533232458827noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7162206974728931335.post-2358123981094808772010-11-21T16:08:18.040-06:002010-11-21T16:08:18.040-06:00Shouldn't the title of this post be "Soup...Shouldn't the title of this post be "Souped-Up Superlatives"? With the hyphen?Kenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15564285901144613583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7162206974728931335.post-85646162251750493792010-10-08T15:08:47.909-05:002010-10-08T15:08:47.909-05:00One superlative I'm not used to yet is "s...One superlative I'm not used to yet is "sick." <br /><br />(And the slightly outdated "bad.")<br /><br />I'll probably warm up to "sick" eventually. <br /><br />I catch myself using "awesome" and I feel like an idiot. But there it is, being said by me.<br /><br />In the Nero Wolfe books by Rex Stout the highest complement Wolfe would bestow was "satisfactory." Or when his employee Archie Goodwin performed a miracle he would bestow a rare "very satisfactory."David Steinlichthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12603448356360110818noreply@blogger.com