ClassicDrogn Wrote:I never really understood what's objectionable about that, honestly. It's just adding a tag to give the tone of voice as well as the speaker, and not nearly as intrusive about it as HK-47 or Elcor.A proper "Tom Swifty" includes a pun (e.g. "'I love champagne,' she said bubbly" or "'The air's thin up here,' he said breathlessly") - these don't. I have no issue with them.
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