Ah, I haven't seen it spelled that way in YEARS!
It's what I get for hanging out with newspaper folks.
Reavers ain't men. Or they forgot how to be. Now they're just nothing. They got out to the edge of the galaxy, to that place of nothing, and that's what they became.
Mal ,'Bushwhacked'
Natter .38 Special
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
dw - Aug 29, 2005 3:19:22 pm PDT #2234 of 10002
Silence means security silence means approval
Tom Scola - Aug 29, 2005 3:21:05 pm PDT #2235 of 10002
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
¶¶¶¶¶¶!!!1!
Steph L. - Aug 29, 2005 3:23:23 pm PDT #2236 of 10002
I look more rad than Lutheranism
¶
Yes!!!!
When editing a manuscript (abbreviated "mss.") the Luddite way, which we do in my office (and I dearly love editing the way we do, pen to paper), making that little ¶ makes me unaccountably happy.
I'm easy to please, when it comes right down to it.
t edit Heh. I just thought "OMGWTF¶¶¶¶!!!"
Kat - Aug 29, 2005 3:24:15 pm PDT #2237 of 10002
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
you should teach middle school writing, steph. I spend an INORDINATE amount of time making that precise symbol on kid's papers.
Topic!Cindy - Aug 29, 2005 3:24:27 pm PDT #2238 of 10002
What is even happening?
¶graph; ?
Oh. Just ¶
Steph L. - Aug 29, 2005 3:26:17 pm PDT #2239 of 10002
I look more rad than Lutheranism
I spend an INORDINATE amount of time making that precise symbol on kid's papers.
Try editing a pharmaceutical article written by people whose first (and possibly second) language is NOT English. Some days, as long as they remembered to put a verb in most of the sentences, I don't mind chopping their papers up into paragraphs. But some days, it's like Faulkner -- if his primary languages were Russian and Japanese -- wrote a pharmaceutical article in english.
amych - Aug 29, 2005 3:26:31 pm PDT #2240 of 10002
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
¶¶¶¶¶¶¶¶¶¶¶¶¶¶¶¶¶¶¶¶!
the word has lost all meaning!
Steph L. - Aug 29, 2005 3:28:36 pm PDT #2241 of 10002
I look more rad than Lutheranism
¶¶¶¶¶¶¶¶¶¶¶¶¶¶¶¶¶¶¶¶¶¶¶¶ = pure editor porn.
Or, well, maybe just me. I can't claim to be representative of any group, including editors.
Actually, I think the beautiful majestic semicolon is editor porn. See:
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Oh yeah, baby. That's the stuff. Partially separate and partially link my phrases. Oh, yeah.
t edit No, I *don't* actually wonder why I never get laid. Believe me, I *know.* Semicolons and Batman and Macs, oh my!
Jessica - Aug 29, 2005 3:29:54 pm PDT #2242 of 10002
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I have, however, dropped "graf" (for "paragraph") in favor of the paragraph symbol itself. It's sleek.
DH uses "graf" in everyday speech. But as long as I say "co-pro" (for "co-production") I'm not allowed to mock him for it.
amych - Aug 29, 2005 3:30:08 pm PDT #2243 of 10002
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
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Swears eternal love and adoration to La Tep.