Frozen yogurt is the koi pond of revenge sex.
In the middle of writing something, I sometimes use a dash in a correct but not necessary manner. Then, in the first or second sentence following, I do so again. Before long, I look back and realize the floodgates opened and there's about one dash per sentence since that first use, and have to edit out all or most of them.
Is this something peculiar to me, or does anyone find it familiar?
In high school my best friend asked me, rather shamefacedly, to explain semicolons. I told her they were like a cross between a period and a colon. She then turned into a 4 page paper with nothing but semicolons.
Some things are not meant for people who have difficulty with moderation. Punctuation is not the first of those things that springs to mind.
Now keep track of how often I use "also" as a transition. (This is a direct result of an English teacher who annoyed me and singled out its use in that Virginia Woolf fly murdering essay as "terrible"; every time I use it, it's a little "fuck yoooooooooouuuu.")
3: We grow accustomed to the Dash--
With commas put away--
Some things are not meant for people who have difficulty with moderation.
New mouseover text?
If today gives us a new mouseover text it will be
I need to know if you got his mom.
Back in the days of typing, one typed "space dash dash space" as the non-typeset version of the em dash. This is now a Word autocorrect macro.
I think that's an en dash. For an em dash, you need to omit the spaces.
You mean "space hyphen hyphen space", I assume.
I know you defended me from the charge of solecism in the other thread, and you are a great friend for that, but I am a greater friend of pedantry.
I guess the "OPINIONATED" was unnecessary without Megan around at the moment to take offense.
For an em dash in LaTeX, type three hyphens (two for an en dash).
I've often mused on which of the two dashes—em or en—Mr. Samuel Morse might have preferred.
but I am a greater friend of pedantry.
It's easy to see why. The pedantry pantry is full of pretty panties.
I'm sure oudemia has pretty panties as well.
You say "I'm sure" precisely because you don't know it to be a fact.
That is to say, because you aren't sure.
Over the counter. If I knew it to be a fact, I wouldn't be sure—I would know.
She then turned into a 4 page paper with nothing but semicolons.
So, was Hogswarts as exciting as Rowlings claims?
11 demonstrates, as if any further demonstration is required, that nosflow is the scorpion in the fable of the scorpion and the frog.
Come here, neb. I want to license your implicature.
22: No need. Neb releases his implicature under a copyleft license.
It is true that I have never seen oudemia's panties. That, however, is no failing on my part, but solely on hers.
That, however, is no failing on my part, but solely on hers.
It sounds like your part hasn't been failing anywhere near hers.
Where has it been failing, then?
I'm speaking, of course, about your frozen yogurt nozzle.
At home and in the street, in the office, in the kitchen and in church, in the restaurant, and in the neighborhood public bath.
"This is how I dispense my yogurt!" roared the pedant.
"This is how I dispense my yogurt!" roared the pedant Tom ejaculated.
I don't know. Is it approved by Samsung?
I don't think it's an official corporate position, but they realize that it happens and do nothing to stop it.
If today gives us a new mouseover text it will be. . .
I stand corrected.
From the same author:
This is an interesting -- and frankly -- controversial point.I feel as though she's baiting me, and I don't even read that blog.
At least the word "frogurt" appears to be declining in use.
38: Sadly, "fro-yo" seems to be going strong.
39: I was worried about my business selling frog-shaped yurts, not the English language.
40: that was the name of my BBS, but it never occured to me to shorten it to "Fro-Yo", somehow.
You had a BBS named "frog-shaped yurts?"
My BBS was called "Ephemeral Transitional Technology."
BBS? I'm going to assume Bhutan Broadcasting Service.
||So, I attempted a low-carb diet for the past three days. Turns out, I really like carbs and am not cut out for the purely carnivorous life. Lesson learned. |>
47: And the evidence of that was ...
Mostly, it left me feeling hungry. And then dizzy. And then I got a headache. Fuck it. I can live with getting chubby.
"House style" in my office is to use spaces around emdashes. You can imagine the pain this causes me.
(Also, they use endashes when any sane writer would use a colon. I'd weep, but that would be unprofessional.)
they use endashes when any sane writer would use a colon.
I hope they have a sign saying, "All employees must wash hands after using endashes."
Since this is the grammar nazi thread:
First person ("I") or the royal "we" in a dissertation? Fight!
"I" hands down, no contest. man up and affirm some shit.
em is two dashes. Don't they teach kids anything these days.
Emdash, I wonder if you work for the same people I do. I understand the reason we have to substitute dashes for colons (formatting problems in the online publishing part) but it feels weird.
No, in the case of my colleagues it's an unexamined and indefensible aesthetic preference. I really find it to be the worst part of my job.
43: "The Frog's Yurt", but close enough for frogurt.
they use endashes when any sane writer would use a colon
Homophobes.
low carb doesn't always mean carnivorous.
most non-root/tuber/fruit vegetables, nuts (and their butters), coconut milk, olive oil, etc.
although reading the second thing you wrote, it sounds like you had blood sugar problems. long-term, slowing moving toward moderate carb is good. enzymes take a few days to switch substrates to fat.
First person ("I") or the royal "we" in a dissertation? Fight!
Both.
59: That's basically salad. I'd need a potato or bread.
A founding member of ELO has been killed in a freak accident when a giant hay bale rolled out of a field and landed on his van. Cellist Mike Edwards died instantly when the 50-stone cylindrical bale careered down a slope, flipped 15ft over a hedge and smashed on to the roof of his van.|>
You aren't the boss of me musical categorization, neb.
God hates power pop derivatives of prog rock?
They're not rock either AFAICS. Which leaves the question of what they are, and whether anybody cares.
(I'm sorry for his wife and kiddies, but.)
And some research shows that he was not a founding member.
I saw that you were more moderate in your assessment of what God hates over at Bérubé's.
Yes, I did choose to put it in the context of that particular thread. Turns out I don't always write what I really think about things, but rather pander to my audience.
salad, or a curry, or stir fry. or stew. pretty much how most of my dinners are, though i often add some legume of some kind. i eat most of my carbs from granola or flatbreads (or said legumes) or fruit. if you have a meat and potato paradigm, then those are your options.
70: It's ok JP, we can handle the truth. You've really been crying all day over your ELO posters, haven't you?
Actually I've been listening to this all day to keep my spirits up. That, the exploding pony, Viagra, crack and Richard Brautigan got my 70 yr. old Ivy league ass through the weekend pretty well.
People don't pander to me nearly enough.
I didn't know you were in the market.