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[mhardy6647]

My ... God -- man! What is happening with you‽

Splendid. You're one of us now.

short version:

Nuts to You: Remembering a Classic Episode of The Dick Van Dyke Show - MovieFanFare

Jim Brymer looks back at an out-of-this-world episode of "The Dick Van Dyke Show."

www.moviefanfare.com

 

[Philbo King]

Actually this reminds me of an old joke, about a poor person who had to have part of their large intestine removed.
Now that poor soul has a semicolon.
... and you know what that means:
Now they can only punctuate into a rubber bag that they have to wear all of the time.

Semicolon? You could also see it as the lower intestine of a very large truck, I suppose...

 

[G|force]

The pause with periods....
Not nearly as annoying nor cliche as saying

"having said that" in every damn post.

Yes you said that, I just read it!

You know who you are and I implore you to stop it.

 

[sam_adams]

You know, @Digby... I was just reflecting on the title of this post of yours -- musing, if you will...
If you're not already familiar with it, you might want to look into the interrobang.

Please, no encouragement.

 

[amirm]

I use it often to indicate I could say more but too lazy to type it...

On semicolon, I hardly ever use it. I vote we simplify the language and get rid of it! That said, there may be a reason to keep it.

 

[Chrispy]

I use 'em all the time. I wasn't a huge Walter Winchell fan, but rather Herb Caen, who I think was the .... master

 

[Timcognito]

 

[AnalogSteph]

Note that Alt+<128...255> may be subject to codepage shenanigans. I found a whole bunch that do not match up to the above table (along with some that did). If in doubt I've had to resort to trusty Character Map to copy/paste a √.

Besides, the Alt key and number keys must both be on the same keyboard, as also noted in the Wikipedia article. This almost got me, but thankfully my trusty Cherry G80-3700 numpad has some extra programmable keys and one of them is assigned to Alt by default. Apparently I hadn't used any Alt codes for 2+ years, as that's how long I've had my current keyboard setup.

 

[mhardy6647]

On semicolon, I hardly ever use it. I vote we simplify the language and get rid of it! That said, there may be a reason to keep it.

say more...


I like the semicolon for a couple of reasons. I think of it, first & foremost, as kind of a super-comma. That said it is really quite useful for separating clauses.

Ooops, the other kind.

All this being said How do all y'all feel about italics? I am -- no surprise -- a big fan.

Speaking of big fans...

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[Deleted member 21219]

How do all y'all feel about italics?

Anyone who can invent pizza can't be all bad!

Jim

 

[Beave]

Speaking of big fans...

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Shew, for a minute there I thought you were linking to a site for fans of big @sses.

 

[eddantes]

You know... One can think of that wonderful example of architecture, the Tower of Pisa, as an italicised building... Eh... Eh... :-D

 

[mhardy6647]

@Jim Taylor @Beave @eddantes -- I stand in the presence of greatness.
Or, in the case of the post immediately above, I lean Eileen in the presence of greatness.

 

[eddantes]

@Jim Taylor @Beave @eddantes -- I stand in the presence of greatness.
Or, in the case of the post immediately above, I lean Eileen in the presence of greatness.

Dude... that's reportable!

 

[sam_adams]

All this being said How do all y'all feel about italics? I am -- no surprise -- a big fan.

Yet—even with all the help posted earlier—somehow, still, the correct use of the em dash seems to elude you . . .

 

[Digby]

Not only annoying, but you're doing it wrong. Technically . . .

it looks even sillier spaced out like that...imo

Ellipsis is usually a big sign of internet air-lovers
You don't want to be one of those

Not sure I know what one is ...

Yet—even with all the help posted earlier—somehow, still, the correct use of the em dash seems to elude you . . .

It's a tough job, but someone's gotta do it.