How could I forget this?
Fluff's post below reminded me of when people are listing stuff. Not the words themselves, but the intonation and pace.

Take for example, someone describing their must-haves for a new house (probably spewed out on a property program of sorts). Imagine the intonation of the first four notes of 'London's Burning', slow it down and apply it to

'a big kitchennn, light and aaiiirryy*, a nice bathrooomm, etc'

Stop it, stop it now. Why do it? What possible meaning are you trying to project with that way of speaking?

"We went swimmmiinngg, sat on the beeeaachh, went shoppiiiinnng, got muuugged.."

* fucking light and airy gets right on my wick.
( sandettie light vessel automatic New Twitter - @bollocksreally, Wed 14 Apr 2010, 12:58, 4 replies)

My living room
is generally only used at night.
It doesn't NEED to be light and airy!
(misspiggy In danger of having to get a job, Wed 14 Apr 2010, 13:23, closed)

I assume it still
needs to be airy in case your eyeballs boil. Or, if the wisdom of my mate's dad is nything to go by (see the stupidity QOTW) you'd drift up to the ceiling with no air in the room.
( sandettie light vessel automatic New Twitter - @bollocksreally, Wed 14 Apr 2010, 14:00, closed)

i feel the need to point out the error of your ways.
just because a space is not 'airy' does not neccessarily mean ones eye balls would boil. Presumably your assumption is that a lack of air would indicate a vacuum in the room. However, the room could be light and nitrogeney, or light and freoney, or light and heliumey.

Complete lack of air, boiling eyeballs and floating dads. Although if it was light and mercuryey we could still do the floating dad. (do as in accomodate the presence of as opposed to furiously sex-amify)
(OTT, Wed 14 Apr 2010, 15:48, closed)

Hmm, yes
The perfect fourth. I see what you mean!
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Wed 14 Apr 2010, 13:44, closed)