Alphanumeric Blog Hop
I thought I was too late to sign up for it because I was a couple days behind on reading Mel’s blog, but then she contacted me and asked if I could do a post about punctuation. Punctuation? Yes. Punctuation. or perhaps I mean: Yes…punctuation. The first response is clear cut. Yes. It is about punctuation. The second is slightly less certain. Yeeessss. I suppose it is about punctuation, of all things. It’s kinda rambly & disjointed but still, you must admit punctuation is the focus. Punctuation is very important when communicating on line – we have no sarcasm font or snarky response font – so punctuation helps fill in the gap. At least for me. I use ellipses … all the time. Sometimes they mean “and yes, here is the punch line” or “here is the sarcastic bit”. Usually they just express a general dubiousness about the whole thing, such as in my example, which is in line with their accepted use to suggest faltering or fragmented speech accompanied by confusion, inse
ROFLOL - I so remember those days :)
ReplyDeleteMy favorite show! Love how they take a line or a scene to the nth level. I'm sorry, I haven't had those days (childless), but anyone who did has my sympathies.
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ReplyDeleteThat was the funniest thing I've seen in a long time! And what mother CAN'T relate to that??
Ha, too funny. My little monkey will go looking all throughout the house for me, screaming, "Mommy, where are you?" just because, "I wanted to give you a hug, and one more kiss!"
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