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omnis_audis - Oct 11, 2009 1:05:57 pm PDT #988 of 3094

omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir

HA HA the lurkers support us in the thread.

If they have DElurked, then they are no longer a lurker. And to show support in the thread, one must post, thus DElurking, therefore, you can not support this argument.

And on a more serious question, when does d-e-l-u-r-k- spell "grammar"?? :: rolls eyes at group :: But if we are going to argue typographical standards, I look at erikaj's post and see:

But I may have a parenthetical addiction(Not that there's anything wrong with that.)

and ask, does punctuation go INSIDE the ) or outside the )?? But maybe we should take that discussion (with the others) to Bitches so folks who are too intimidated to jump into a million post discussion, can happily say "Hello, I am ___ ".

Calli - Oct 11, 2009 1:13:18 pm PDT #989 of 3094

I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs

::Leaps merrily into the delurking thread, eager to greet the lurkers who came forth in the 64 posts since I was last here::

::Reads a 64 post debate about the serial comma::

::weeps::

I use to care about the serial comma, people. And you've broken me. Broken me.

::Wanders off to see if anyone's delurked in Bitches by mistake::

Shir - Oct 11, 2009 1:18:58 pm PDT #990 of 3094

"And that's why God Almighty gave us fire insurance and the public defender".

does punctuation go INSIDE the ) or outside the )?

According to my university: English - inside, Hebrew - outside (as I'm used to write). They mostly follow Chicago Manual of Style.

msbelle - Oct 11, 2009 1:21:10 pm PDT #991 of 3094

I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb

I will get a taser and start using it, people.

beth b - Oct 11, 2009 1:21:27 pm PDT #992 of 3094

oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!

Scones, we have talk of scones in Bitches.

Shir - Oct 11, 2009 1:27:01 pm PDT #993 of 3094

"And that's why God Almighty gave us fire insurance and the public defender".

I will get a taser and start using it, people.

And deprive of the world the future generation of the analytic philosophers of the comma?

§ ita § - Oct 11, 2009 2:25:28 pm PDT #994 of 3094

Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

And deprive of the world the future generation of the analytic philosophers of the comma?

Yes.

We can just link them to the above conversation.

Fay - Oct 11, 2009 2:41:03 pm PDT #995 of 3094

"Fuck Western ideologically-motivated gender identification!" Sulu gasped, and came.

See, when I woke up and saw the explosion of posts here, I actually thought people had delurked! I thought Sying had caused a small avalanche of delurkage overnight!

Nope.

I love you guys, though. Never change. (And I love that there is talk of scones in Bitches too, apparently.)

WindSparrow - Oct 11, 2009 3:46:38 pm PDT #996 of 3094

Love is stronger than death and harder than sorrow. Those who practice it are fierce like the light of stars traveling eons to pierce the night.

Scones, we have talk of scones in Bitches.

Come to Bitches, Lurkers - we have scones. Also, bonus points for singing that to the tune of "Kenya".

Zenkitty - Oct 11, 2009 4:00:59 pm PDT #997 of 3094

Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.

Oh, great, now I have the Kenya song in my head.

Also, I must give you all great thanks, for my lifelong indenture to "proper" punctuation has finally been broken. I no longer give a crap, fuck or damn about the serial comma. I am free, liberated and released! Sorry, Tep...

(I still love ellipses, though.)

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