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.

¶¶¶¶¶¶¶¶¶¶¶¶¶¶¶¶¶¶¶¶!

the word has lost all meaning!

¶¶¶¶¶¶¶¶¶¶¶¶¶¶¶¶¶¶¶¶¶¶¶¶ = 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!

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.

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Swears eternal love and adoration to La Tep.

DH uses "graf" in everyday speech.

Oooh -- does he say "nut graf," too?

This weekend? I asked a girl out, and she said yes.

SCOOOOOOOOOOLAAAAAAA!! Yay for good news.

It almost makes up for all the stabbiness at work today.

Also, I now have the following jingle in my head: "KYW! Newsradio! Ten SixTEEEEEEEE!" The odd part is that it's an East Coast station that starts with K.

Swears eternal love and adoration to La Tep.

As long as you don't go thinking you can come between me and my semicolon....

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No, but I just asked him what it meant just now, and he's still explaining.

Ya buncha NERDS.

No, but I just asked him what it meant just now, and he's still explaining.

Ahahahaha!!!!