This in no way quashed Laverne's zeal; you do really get a different class of presenting when she's in town. I'm thinking of this bit of seemingly spontaneous dialogue, in particular:
Laverne: It's been a fantastic day for rock, and indeed, roll, here at Tea in the Park.
Lowe: So we've established that it's two things or one thing? I'm confused still.
Laverne: It's a hendiadys, technically.
Lowe: It's a what?!
Laverne: A hendiadys - two disparate concepts expressed in one unified idea. So Calvin Harris was amazing, Klaxons were brilliant, CSS were fantastic...
[she continues as Lowe mutters to himself, looking a bit ashamed]
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for a while, i couldn't decide if she or Amstell was more beautiful, but this understanding of rhetorical forms tips the balance her way - to speak hendiatically, she has "Youth and flower", condition and estate of wit and acuity.
Vim and vigour, too.
Lauren has long been a favourite of mine.
I don't quite get this rule, but she has nice and of course, hair. ;)
(I hate using smileys)
I like her. But I'm not completely convinced by her definition of hendiadys, which admittedly is a new term to me.
Personally, Laverne gets on my nerves...she thinks she's funny and quite frankly, she isnt......
.....rant over!!
Oh I am so stealing this word.
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