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The Said That Could Not Be Said
"No," he hissed. (somebody wrote this, don't know who).
How do you hiss the word 'no'? Try it, you can't. The best I can do is to wheeze it.
"No," he wheezed. Not quite the same effect. I always thought the safest way was to just have people say things. Otherwise you are in danger of ending up with a veritable farmyard of growling, barking, yipping, hooting, snarling, purring, and not forgetting hissing, characters. I know, I've been on that farm. It's noisy.
How do you hiss the word 'no'? Try it, you can't. The best I can do is to wheeze it.
"No," he wheezed. Not quite the same effect. I always thought the safest way was to just have people say things. Otherwise you are in danger of ending up with a veritable farmyard of growling, barking, yipping, hooting, snarling, purring, and not forgetting hissing, characters. I know, I've been on that farm. It's noisy.