Halp me out with research plz?
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Fangu
Great Old One
I need a way to describe the sound of liquid being pored from say a bottle into a cup - my Norwegian mind says I'm looking for a verb, type "the wine [verb] cheerfully as it filled the cup" - but that's due to the fact that there's a verb in Norwegian for this. It doesn't have to be a verb.
Clement Rage
Pro Adventurer
Trickled? Burbled? (I've only ever seen this done for rivers, though.)
'Glugged' implies being drunk to me.
For sound, I might just use something like 'whispered' or 'hissed', except neither of those quite work. It kinda depends on the atmosphere you want.
'Glugged' implies being drunk to me.
For sound, I might just use something like 'whispered' or 'hissed', except neither of those quite work. It kinda depends on the atmosphere you want.
Fangu
Great Old One
Yeah like I said it doesn't have to be a verb. I'm just looking for different ways to describe liquid content being poured into a glass 
It's a classic "one, obvious way of doing it in Norwegian but thirteen in English" thing. (In Norwegian it is often described as 'trickled joyfully' or similar if the actual drinking session is described as joyful. It's a Norwegian (Scandinavian?) thing to transfer feelings of a setting onto objects.)
It's a classic "one, obvious way of doing it in Norwegian but thirteen in English" thing. (In Norwegian it is often described as 'trickled joyfully' or similar if the actual drinking session is described as joyful. It's a Norwegian (Scandinavian?) thing to transfer feelings of a setting onto objects.)
Keveh Kins
Pun Enthusiast
Canines 
Alternatively, cuspids or dog teeth
Alternatively, cuspids or dog teeth
Cthulhu
Administrator
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That's disturbing.
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LicoriceAllsorts
Donator
"Offering her neither explanation nor Madhu"
"Offering her no further explanation - and no Madhu, either".
It's "neither/nor" - the negative version of either/or. In other words, "not A and not B either".
You can't write no/nor, ie, "He had no troothbrush nor toothpaste," because it doesn't convey that sense of a couple of things being weighed against each other.
Writing, "offering her no explanation or Madhu" sounds a bit odd. I can't really explain why, except that it doesn't convey the sense that there are only two things she wants right now: an explanation, and some Madhu.
"Offering her no further explanation - and no Madhu, either".
It's "neither/nor" - the negative version of either/or. In other words, "not A and not B either".
You can't write no/nor, ie, "He had no troothbrush nor toothpaste," because it doesn't convey that sense of a couple of things being weighed against each other.
Writing, "offering her no explanation or Madhu" sounds a bit odd. I can't really explain why, except that it doesn't convey the sense that there are only two things she wants right now: an explanation, and some Madhu.
Fangu
Great Old One
Thx 
Moar ESL fuckery
(...) he wrung off his sticky clothes to leave a pile on the floor (...)
(...) he wrung off his sticky clothes in a pile on the floor (...)
(...) he wrung off his sticky clothes into a pile on the floor (...)
Which of these abominations of 'pile of clothes' are correct (and not)?
(Do you even use 'wring off ones clothes' in English?)
(I am so challenged today)
Moar ESL fuckery
(...) he wrung off his sticky clothes to leave a pile on the floor (...)
(...) he wrung off his sticky clothes in a pile on the floor (...)
(...) he wrung off his sticky clothes into a pile on the floor (...)
Which of these abominations of 'pile of clothes' are correct (and not)?
(Do you even use 'wring off ones clothes' in English?)
(I am so challenged today)
LicoriceAllsorts
Donator
No, you can't wring off your clothes. To "wring" means to twist - you can wring your hands when you are nervous, and you can wring wet laundry to squeeze the water out of it. I'm not sure what effect you're going for with "wring", but here's some suggestions:
"shrugged out of" - has a sense of shedding his clothes quite effortlessly
"shucked" - to "shuck" an ear of corn means to strip the leaves off it. You can "shuck" your clothes in the same manner.
"peeled off" - "peel" is the verb usually used to indicate removal of a sticky thing: "he peeled off a band-aid", "she peeled off her false eyelashes", etc....
I guess I would write,
He peeled off his sticky clothes and left them in a pile on the floor.
or
He struggled out of his sticky clothes, leaving a pile behind on the floor.
or something like that....
"shrugged out of" - has a sense of shedding his clothes quite effortlessly
"shucked" - to "shuck" an ear of corn means to strip the leaves off it. You can "shuck" your clothes in the same manner.
"peeled off" - "peel" is the verb usually used to indicate removal of a sticky thing: "he peeled off a band-aid", "she peeled off her false eyelashes", etc....
I guess I would write,
He peeled off his sticky clothes and left them in a pile on the floor.
or
He struggled out of his sticky clothes, leaving a pile behind on the floor.
or something like that....
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