Use lots!
What the frak is wrong with you?!?!?!?!?
I'm all up in the law now, but damn it feels good to get my violence on.
Gunn ,'Unleashed'
Natter 63: Life after PuppyCam
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.
tommyrot - Jul 07, 2009 6:24:07 am PDT #27749 of 30000
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Kathy A - Jul 07, 2009 6:25:56 am PDT #27750 of 30000
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
I would use both marks, but that might be just me.
All this astronomy talk reminds me--while watching Jeopardy yesterday, I found out I had completely forgotten that Mars has two moons! How did I forget that?! I felt like such a dunce for thinking that Earth was the only one of the inner planets with a moon.
tommyrot - Jul 07, 2009 6:26:48 am PDT #27751 of 30000
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
How did I forget that?!
Well, they are pretty small.
billytea - Jul 07, 2009 6:27:16 am PDT #27752 of 30000
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
Space them out a bit.
What! The? Frak! "Is" Wrong... With: You! ;-)
Jessica - Jul 07, 2009 6:30:10 am PDT #27753 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I'm a fan of the interrobang!??!?!?!!! but I have no idea how widely accepted it is among professional grammarians.
tommyrot - Jul 07, 2009 6:30:13 am PDT #27754 of 30000
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
What's a few more old dusty Men's magazines between friends? (flickr link)
It amuses me that in 1958 there was a men's magazine called The Dude.
Gudanov - Jul 07, 2009 6:31:03 am PDT #27755 of 30000
Coding and Sleeping
Would electrons "fall" out of their orbits, lacking any energy to "orbit"? Would all that empty space in an atom go away, as the atom sluggishly contracts upon itself?
Wouldn't they just be in their lowest energy states? They don't really orbit.
Barb - Jul 07, 2009 6:34:14 am PDT #27756 of 30000
“Not dead yet!”
I have a question about the dangerous subject of punctuation.
Is this in the WIP, Gud? With dialogue, I'd use a question mark and then either use a dialogue tag to add the emphasis (like "he yelled,") or, since that's not actually one of my fave techniques, I tend to prefer adding emphasis to a word within the sentence with italics:
"What the frak is wrong with you?"
To me, that gives the impression of an exclaimed question. Generally, I think using both punctuation marks is frowned upon. But that's just me. YPMMV
Polter-Cow - Jul 07, 2009 6:34:47 am PDT #27757 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Huh. I just discovered a fresh scar above my waist. It stung in the shower, like I'd recently been cut there. I have no idea how I got it.
I think I fought a ninja in my sleep.
DavidS - Jul 07, 2009 6:37:41 am PDT #27758 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
"What the frak is wrong with you!"
I'd do it with just the exclamation point since the question is rhetorical and not meant to be answered. It's more like an interjection. That is, you say it with excitement (or emotion) rather than as a query.