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Is a word ever just plain wrong?
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07-19-2015, 09:39 AM
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mr ploppy
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I perceive a scream as a high-pitched sound, like would come from a woman, so roar seems okay to me for a man. It's the "in terror" bit that bothers me. There's better ways of getting across that he's frightened, without spelling it out like that.
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