Sunday, January 27, 2008

Prepositional flourish

Some recent Edith-isms feature added prepositions, for emphasis and flair.

-"Change" is something that happens to Edith's rear end several times a day. "Change up" is something she does, as in "Hear that? I changed up the words to the song."

-When I tell her the story of Mor-mor's car running out of gas on the railroad tracks, she jumps in right after mention of the key event with "...which is dangerous, because a train could come and crush over you."

-It's not really an added preposition so much as an evocative verb choice and cadence, but when Edith gets going about baby chicks, she loves to tell you that the chicks start out inside eggs "and then they just crack-out." When she tells it, it sounds a little like something done in back alleyways or abandoned houses.

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