tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7426830455075676436.post4692430716822650709..comments2023-08-10T14:16:15.338-04:00Comments on The Archives of The Diogenes Club: Superlatives Are For ChildrenSteve Polinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06095291939072131815noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7426830455075676436.post-27806082938499457502012-12-15T19:46:29.385-05:002012-12-15T19:46:29.385-05:00"Mostest" is excellent for comedy or sat..."Mostest" is excellent for comedy or satire. (William Goldman does it wonderfully in the opening of The Princess Bride, describing how Buttercup achieved The Most Beautiful Woman In The World.) It is less useful for tension or engagement.<br /><br />It is particularly inconvenient if you should ever need a sequel, in which the stakes should rise. :)Laurahttp://www.lauravanarendonkbaugh.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7426830455075676436.post-46255912254085497152012-12-15T19:42:12.990-05:002012-12-15T19:42:12.990-05:00Excellent post.Excellent post.Deborah Leighnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7426830455075676436.post-30057229256578390642012-02-25T20:35:49.541-05:002012-02-25T20:35:49.541-05:00Interesting point! I hadn't thought about this...Interesting point! I hadn't thought about this... Thanks!Dorchidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03074720943922733789noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7426830455075676436.post-85550212547317885792012-01-24T09:34:39.854-05:002012-01-24T09:34:39.854-05:00You make good points here.
I often describe my b...You make good points here. <br /><br />I often describe my best friend 'as beautiful as a tree' and she does the same to me. This 'in joke' comes from reading The Odyssey in school. There is a particular passage when Odysseus, naked at the time, falls to his knees in front of the beautiful Nausicaa and tells her she is the most beautiful thing he's seen since some sapling.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com