"Murder!" She said.

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I sometimes read a series of books where the one character always “wails”. “Put that down,” she wailed. "I have no idea, " she wailed. Just once I wish the damn character would just “say” something.
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in Stirling’s Dies the Fire trilogy, every character of his snorts. whether in derision, happiness, or misery. someone snorts. i mostly enjoy the book but, really.

“Blessed Be!” she snorted.

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Not dialogue, but in Steven Erikson’s Malazan books, no one ever walks. They stride. Or they strode. Once somebody had even stridden. Is that a word?