Hi, davers! I share your... fondness for the ellipsis. Welcome!
Can I mop your brow? I am at the ready with the fearsome brow-mop.
Wash ,'Objects In Space'
Delurking 1: Because we don't always check our e-mail.
Zenkitty - Oct 04, 2009 1:05:10 pm PDT #345 of 3094
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
Amy - Oct 04, 2009 1:08:11 pm PDT #346 of 3094
Because books.
It's so cool to meet these lurkers who have been on the board way longer than I have!
And I agree with everyone else who chimed in about it, olives are wrong it's really interesting to learn new things about people I've known for so long.
Cashmere - Oct 04, 2009 1:11:07 pm PDT #347 of 3094
Now tagless for your comfort.
I'm anti-muffaletta due to a serious dislike of olives. *shudder*
I'm pro-cilantro (or corriander) and was trained out of the serial comma in journalism class in high school.
Barb - Oct 04, 2009 1:13:12 pm PDT #348 of 3094
“Not dead yet!”
But where do we stand on the one space or two, post-period? I was trained in two spaces in grad school and have stood firmly by the habit, but lately, I've been hearing mutterings of it being as outdated as organdy aprons.
Amy - Oct 04, 2009 1:17:42 pm PDT #349 of 3094
Because books.
I was trained in two spaces in grad school and have stood firmly by the habit, but lately, I've been hearing mutterings of it being as outdated as organdy aprons.
Oh my good god, NO. This is a leftover from typewriters, babe. NO need for it now. I take out all those extra spaces, every manuscript I edit, and grumble about it the whole time.
Ginger - Oct 04, 2009 1:18:18 pm PDT #350 of 3094
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
I was originally trained in two spaces, but have used only one for a couple of decades because of electronic typesetting.
Barb - Oct 04, 2009 1:18:32 pm PDT #351 of 3094
“Not dead yet!”
::sigh::
Darned grad school.
I will begin training myself out immediately.
tiggy - Oct 04, 2009 1:19:59 pm PDT #352 of 3094
I do believe in killing the messenger, you know why? Because it sends a message. ~ Damon Salvatore
ha! apparently even when i use two spaces, it doesn't show up that way on the board, but it was drilled into me and that's what i always do.
as for the muffaletta and cilantro, i'm a picky eater. so no muffaletta for me, thanks. cilantro i can't ever really taste. so...
i'm anti-serial comma and also anti-capital letters when i type.
what else ya got?
Dana - Oct 04, 2009 1:20:11 pm PDT #353 of 3094
"I'm useless alone." // "We're all useless alone. It's a good thing you're not alone."
You can't have my extra spaces.
megan walker - Oct 04, 2009 1:20:19 pm PDT #354 of 3094
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
I have to take them out too, and it's annoying. But I still maintain that two spaces is more readable.