13 little-known punctuation marks we should be using
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13 little-known punctuation marks we should be using
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- Jabberwonky
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Re: 13 little-known punctuation marks we should be using
If I could get to youtube from work I'd find Victor Borge's treatise on using sound as punctuation marks in conversation...
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Re: 13 little-known punctuation marks we should be using
That is exactly what I was thinking of.Jabberwonky wrote:If I could get to youtube from work I'd find Victor Borge's treatise on using sound as punctuation marks in conversation...
Phonetic Punctuation
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Re: 13 little-known punctuation marks we should be using
Too funny! I had seen it before, but it is a joy each time...shadowinthelight wrote:That is exactly what I was thinking of.Jabberwonky wrote:If I could get to youtube from work I'd find Victor Borge's treatise on using sound as punctuation marks in conversation...
Phonetic Punctuation
I totally lost it, at the end: "All she heard, was the familiar sound of his departing horse - No way!" (as he did not want to imply that the sound used for the period (prrrt) would be said sound of departing horse, which would then make it sound like the horse farted as it parted...)
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You're not implying that Monica was departing recently?lake_wrangler wrote:Too funny! I had seen it before, but it is a joy each time...shadowinthelight wrote:That is exactly what I was thinking of.Jabberwonky wrote:If I could get to youtube from work I'd find Victor Borge's treatise on using sound as punctuation marks in conversation...
Phonetic Punctuation
I totally lost it, at the end: "All she heard, was the familiar sound of his departing horse - No way!" (as he did not want to imply that the sound used for the period (prrrt) would be said sound of departing horse, which would then make it sound like the horse farted as it parted...)
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Re: 13 little-known punctuation marks we should be using
Yep: She farted, parted, and de-parted...Jabberwonky wrote:You're not implying that Monica was departing recently?lake_wrangler wrote:Too funny! I had seen it before, but it is a joy each time...shadowinthelight wrote:Phonetic Punctuation
I totally lost it, at the end: "All she heard, was the familiar sound of his departing horse - No way!" (as he did not want to imply that the sound used for the period (prrrt) would be said sound of departing horse, which would then make it sound like the horse farted as it parted...)
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With the southerly direction this conversation has taken, a candy called 'Toot Sweets' is kind of scary...
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Re: 13 little-known punctuation marks we should be using
Something occurred to me while I was driving the bus this afternoon (yes, I do on occasion think about webcomics while working ):
They say that parting is such sweet sorrow, but I've yet to see a single research paper showing even a shred of evidence linking rainbows in general, or rainbow farts in particular, to any degree of sweetness whatsoever.
On the other hand, a rose, by any other name, would smell as sweet...
So somebody needs to tell Monica she's doing it wrong: she needs to be farting roses, not rainbows!
They say that parting is such sweet sorrow, but I've yet to see a single research paper showing even a shred of evidence linking rainbows in general, or rainbow farts in particular, to any degree of sweetness whatsoever.
On the other hand, a rose, by any other name, would smell as sweet...
So somebody needs to tell Monica she's doing it wrong: she needs to be farting roses, not rainbows!
Re: 13 little-known punctuation marks we should be using
No--she was just marking an emphatic period to her statement.Jabberwonky wrote:You're not implying that Monica was departing recently?lake_wrangler wrote:Too funny! I had seen it before, but it is a joy each time...
I totally lost it, at the end: "All she heard, was the familiar sound of his departing horse - No way!" (as he did not want to imply that the sound used for the period (prrrt) would be said sound of departing horse, which would then make it sound like the horse farted as it parted...)