locutions

The downside of using both locutions is redundancy; the upside is precision and clarity, though I realize that the trade-off here is controversial.

The Volokh Conspiracy » 2004 » December 2004

The downside of using both locutions is redundancy; the upside is precision and clarity, though I realize that the trade-off here is controversial.

The Volokh Conspiracy » More on Verve: 2004

European art, is not as yet equipped with all that reserve of terms and locutions which is demanded in a highly developed social life,

The Birth of Yugoslavia, Volume 1 Henry Baerlein 1917

“They’re going to piss all over my leg,” he said, using one of his favorite locutions, meaning that he would lose their sympathy, such as it was, jeopardizing the picture’s chances at the box office.

STAR PETER BISKIND 2010

I do not speak of those relatively familiar locutions that were discernable at least until fairly recently in the voice of H.M. The Queen, e.g. gawn awf for “gone off,” crawss for “cross,” lawst for “lost,” Awstralia for “Australia,” or sawft for “soft,” though these are plentiful and charming.

Archive 2009-08-01 2009

I do not speak of those relatively familiar locutions that were discernable at least until fairly recently in the voice of H.M. The Queen, e.g. gawn awf for “gone off,” crawss for “cross,” lawst for “lost,” Awstralia for “Australia,” or sawft for “soft,” though these are plentiful and charming.

Sound 2009

And especially with SF and fantasy, this tweaking gives me time to play around with all those little terms we like to make up (or find) that are intrinsic to a work of spec. fiction, locutions that make the world come alive and believable.

Writing New Words Right...Hopefully marshallpayne1 2009

If I wrote in the third person, too many multi-syllabic words and adult locutions would steal in.

Archive 2009-10-01 2009

If I wrote in the third person, too many multi-syllabic words and adult locutions would steal in.

“Sometimes the Voice Works, and Sometimes It Doesn’t” 2009

Besides the music, in the words there is too much about the dear Savior, loving one another and such locutions for me to think it was the product of true feeling, but this may be due to the translation.

Deliberations on O Holy Night « Unknowing 2009