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ohiosmith Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-11-06 02:02 PM
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What's your favorite punctuation mark?
I'm especially fond of:!
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tjwmason Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-11-06 02:05 PM
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1. Semi-colons rule;
No contest at all...with the possible exception of circumflexes.
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LeftPeopleFinishFirst Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-11-06 02:06 PM
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2. ! is quality, i concur
good choice.
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underpants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-11-06 02:07 PM
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3. ~
the most poetic of punctuation marks
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ScreamingMeemie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-11-06 02:11 PM
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4. That's WannaBe's favorite too...
...especially when it's over the n in the name Ordonez...which I am not computer literate enough to do. :hi:
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Crabby Appleton Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-11-06 03:43 PM
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25. like this - PC Windows anyway.

ñ and Ñ

hold down alt key and type 164 and 165 on numeric keypad on right of keyboard. don't use the numbers at top of keyboard.

there are other ways also, like changing your keyboard mapping.
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Sequoia Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-11-06 04:07 PM
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28. Here's a website for you guys.
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Oeditpus Rex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-11-06 02:35 PM
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9. That's not punctuation
Diacritical marks aid pronunciation, not word flow.

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MrCoffee Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-11-06 03:13 PM
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16. who died and made you the grammar police?
:applause:
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Oeditpus Rex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-11-06 03:20 PM
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20. Sir, you damn me with faint praise!
I am the Grammarübersturhmbannhauptfüerher!

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MrCoffee Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-11-06 03:22 PM
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21. achtung! der umlaut ist verboten! macht schnell!
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kmla Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-11-06 02:13 PM
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5. ...guess which is my favorite...
...betcha can't do it....

...I dare you to try...
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ohiosmith Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-11-06 02:16 PM
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6. ....oh gosh....could it be....oh man...damn...I give up....
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southpaw Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-11-06 02:27 PM
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7. Probably...
the same as mine...

...just a guess.
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BarenakedLady Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-11-06 03:12 PM
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14. ...
...

...

:thumbsup:
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TheFriendlyAnarchist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-11-06 02:35 PM
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8. I say, the comma would be absolutely, postively, delightful in any sentanc
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Oeditpus Rex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-11-06 02:38 PM
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10. The em dash
For those times — like now — when a comma or semicolon just won't do.

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miss_american_pie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-11-06 02:56 PM
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11. Oooh
I like you. :loveya:
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Oeditpus Rex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-11-06 03:14 PM
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17. I bet you say that to the en dash, too
And maybe even the hyphen.



You... you... punctuhussy! :spank:

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miss_american_pie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-11-06 03:18 PM
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19. OMG!
I so want to change my screenname now. :D
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Oeditpus Rex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-11-06 03:23 PM
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22. To...?
:shrug:




miss_american_after-dinner_mint?

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miss_american_pie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-11-06 03:33 PM
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24. Nah
More like OR's-punctu-sub. ;)
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Oeditpus Rex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-11-06 03:46 PM
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26. And that would make me
...an ellipsidom? :shrug:



(This raises the question, "Wouldn't 'D/s' be more properly written 'D&s'?")

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Reverend_Smitty Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-11-06 03:03 PM
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12. Semi-colon!
It's often misused and underused. Big ups to the ;
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MrCoffee Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-11-06 03:10 PM
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13. close parenthesis....definately close parenthesis. )))))))
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pdx_prog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-11-06 03:12 PM
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15. Got to be !!!1!!1!!!1
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Strawman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-11-06 03:15 PM
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18. The umlaut: makes any vowel into kickass vowel
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Crabby Appleton Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-11-06 03:31 PM
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23. this one


¿


upsidedown question mark
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Oeditpus Rex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-11-06 03:47 PM
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27. Obviously, you're not fond of the hyphen
:rofl:




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