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.
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
26 Comments
over_clox@lemmy.world · 39 pts · 1y
All of a sudden?
originalucifer@moist.catsweat.com · 14 pts · 1y
Lauchs@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 1y
Ha, I had the same reaction but the opposite way: the sudden?
Lauchs@lemmy.world · 23 pts · 1y
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.
all-knight-party@fedia.io · 3 pts · 1y
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
over_clox@lemmy.world · 23 pts · 1y
Suddenly?
PetteriPano@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 1y
All my troubles seemed so far away?
timmytbt@sh.itjust.works · 7 pts · 1y
Don’t you mean, “I’m not half the man I used to be”?
originalucifer@moist.catsweat.com · 6 pts · 1y
over_clox@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 1y
Yes indeed.
I posted this as something of a template of an idea for Lemmy lacking polls..
originalucifer@moist.catsweat.com · 2 pts · 1y
ahhh
Ballissle@lemmy.zip · 21 pts · 1y
A or C.
weeeeum@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 1y
The suddens of all
over_clox@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y
Found the psycho 😂
oxjox@lemmy.ml · 9 pts · 1y
https://www.grammarly.com/blog/commonly-confused-words/all-of-a-sudden/
tuckerm@supermeter.social · 6 pts · 1y
None of the above. KA-POW! for me.
konalt@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 1y
"All in the suddens" but ironically in a German accent
davel@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 1y
All of the sudden, but ironically. I like to deadpan-drop Yogi Berra-isms.
Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 pts · 1y
Suddenly pineapples.
BananaPeal@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 1y
Suddenly Seymour.
K4mpfie@feddit.org · 2 pts · 1y
The best asdf bits are ones without any prior context.
over_clox@lemmy.world · -13 pts · 1y
All of the sudden?
originalucifer@moist.catsweat.com · 11 pts · 1y
otp@sh.itjust.works · 9 pts · 1y
You could still make those words work together in that order, though.
All of the sudden stops came to an end after we passed granny on the highway!
iamanurd@midwest.social · 3 pts · 1y
I believe this one is more common in my area
over_clox@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 1y
I'm sorry to hear that.