Holmes' Colossal Adjectives

One of the things that I love about Sherlock Holmes (and Watson too...this also pertains to him) is his use of really big adjectives.

I'm not going to blog forever about it but I found this quote in one of the books the other day and just started laughing...it was just like Holmes to use such big words to modify a tiny one...I thought I would share, just for the fun of it in case none of you had noticed it before.

"A lie, Watson - a great, big, thumping, obtrusive, uncompromising lie..."

- The Valley of Fear

Isn't that awesome? I love how they just continue to get bigger...that's the beauty of Victorian London (and possibly modern London...I dunno, Grace, do Londoners today use massive adjectives? lol)

I don't know how he managed to say that all in one breath. I can't even say that without putting the "un" from "uncompromising" in front of the "obtrusive." *laughs*

Hope you had a good laugh over that one :D

(picture - Of course, it's Jeremy Brett as Sherlock Holmes...hot on the trail of a criminal, most likely. Love the hat :D)