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[–] [email protected] 40 points 3 days ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 14 points 3 days ago

the only accepted use of it is all of a sudden

[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 days ago

Ha, I had the same reaction but the opposite way: the sudden?

[–] [email protected] 24 points 3 days ago (1 children)

All of a sudden or suddenly. Leaning back on old camp counsellor story telling, I think all of a sudden would be better for building tension whereas a quick, staccato **suddenly! **acts like a verbal bang or jump start, if that makes any sense.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago

I like that, suddenly is sudden to the listener, all of a sudden is surprising to the story's characters, and makes the listener anticipate that surprise without being able to warn them about it

[–] Ballissle 21 points 3 days ago
[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago

Found the psycho πŸ˜‚

[–] [email protected] 23 points 3 days ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 days ago (1 children)

All my troubles seemed so far away?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 days ago

Don’t you mean, β€œI’m not half the man I used to be”?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 days ago (1 children)

All of a sudden could be replaced with the adverb suddenly

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Yes indeed.

I posted this as something of a template of an idea for Lemmy lacking polls..

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 days ago

"All in the suddens" but ironically in a German accent

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 days ago
[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 days ago

All of the sudden, but ironically. I like to deadpan-drop Yogi Berra-isms.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago

Suddenly Seymour.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago

The best asdf bits are ones without any prior context.