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vamysteryfan) wrote2007-02-09 05:01 pm
vamysteryfan) wrote2007-02-09 05:01 pm
Bulwer-Lytton awards
The latest round of the Bulwer-Lytton awards is up on the web. It's the one where people compete to see who can write the worst opening sentence. We had a Sentinel version of this not that long ago.
This entry made me think of the sometimes overwrought way we describe Jim and Blair's eyes:
"Words cannot describe the exquisite loveliness of the brilliant azure sky with its cerulean striations of periwinkle, cornflower, and cyan."
This one just made me laugh: "Twas brillig, and the toves were not just slithy, they were stinking drunk."
Complete list of winners and dishonorable mentions is available here. http://www.sjsu.edu/depts/english/2006.htm
This entry made me think of the sometimes overwrought way we describe Jim and Blair's eyes:
"Words cannot describe the exquisite loveliness of the brilliant azure sky with its cerulean striations of periwinkle, cornflower, and cyan."
This one just made me laugh: "Twas brillig, and the toves were not just slithy, they were stinking drunk."
Complete list of winners and dishonorable mentions is available here. http://www.sjsu.edu/depts/english/2006.htm