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Post by GryphonMage on Jun 2, 2004 15:26:35 GMT -5
I can see it now. Their gang colors would be tweed with elbow patches. That's strange though, because I was taught to put my punctuation outside of quotes anyway. Also, I guess I never thought of endnotes as punctuation but I guess they are.
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Post by Spades on Jun 2, 2004 15:35:06 GMT -5
I don't think endnotes are punctuation. They can be used for citation, or referencing. I don't know what kind of structure you would call citations. I guess they're just citations.
Maybe there could be different kinds of english gangs. You could have the Punctuation Punks, the Grammer Gang, and the Spelling Syndicate (who really hate those Grammar jerks).
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Post by GryphonMage on Jun 2, 2004 15:39:13 GMT -5
That sounds like an episode of School House Rock. A musical battle like none other, not even in West Side Story. The tale of two star-crossed lovers, Semi-colon and Dictionary fall in love, only to be torn apart by their families. In the end, they are destroyed by a massive gang battle instigated by the evil paperclip from word, only when the leader of the Grammar Gang convinces all of them to work together can they put aside their differences and the two young lovers be happy at last. Ah love.
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Post by Spades on Jun 2, 2004 15:49:42 GMT -5
I think Dictionary would be the head of the Syndicate. Maybe poor forgotten Semi-Colon and the abused Their (so often mistaken for his cousin from the Punks, They're) could be the stars.
Also starring:
The twins, Its and It's. The ruggedly handsome lone wolf, Ain't. The non-word that nobody likes, Loosing. And the foreign visitor, the very proper Mister Colour.
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Post by GryphonMage on Jun 2, 2004 15:52:33 GMT -5
We're brilliant. Why aren't we famous yet? We should sell this on Broadway. We'd be instant millionbillionaires.
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Post by Spades on Jun 2, 2004 15:57:15 GMT -5
Semi-Colon: Their! Its and It's (in unison): Where? Semi-Colon (pointing): There!
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Post by GryphonMage on Jun 2, 2004 15:59:30 GMT -5
*cue elaborate dance number involving the rockettes, three elephants, a camel and sparklers*
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Post by Spades on Jun 2, 2004 16:10:44 GMT -5
Ah yes. Can't forget the music. That song would probably be "Where is Their?"
We would also need "Ain't ain't a word", "Grammar Nazi", "Forgotten Marks" (as performed by Semi-Colon, Bracket and Interrobang), and "Is Our Children Learning?" with special performer George Bush.
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Post by GryphonMage on Jun 2, 2004 16:16:53 GMT -5
Could there be tiny mustaches in "Grammar Nazi"? I'm convinced that Hitler won over the German's with his tiny mustache.
Also, "Is Our Children Learning"made me snort soda up my nose, because I was trying not to laugh.
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Post by Spades on Jun 2, 2004 16:26:07 GMT -5
I've got an even better idea for "Is Our Children Learning?" It will be performed by George Bush and George Bush.
Dubya: Is our children learning? George Sr.: No they aren't. Dubya: They misunderestimate me. George Sr.: No they don't.
George Sr.: What's the matter with kids these...whoops. Wrong musical!
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Post by GryphonMage on Jun 2, 2004 16:33:12 GMT -5
*giggle* If big brother is watching you are in soooo much trouble mister.
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Post by Spades on Jun 2, 2004 17:18:09 GMT -5
Of course big brother is watching, but what have I said that hasn't been said before? Everybody makes fun of Bush's apparent lack of intelligence. Even conservatives.
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Post by GryphonMage on Jun 2, 2004 17:20:14 GMT -5
*pounce* where did you go? you lefted me!! Now I is sad. (Take that, Grammar Nazis!)
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Post by GryphonMage on Jun 2, 2004 17:56:59 GMT -5
"President Bush has promised he's going to establish elections in Iraq, he's going to rebuild the infrastructure and he's going to create jobs. And he said if it works there, he'll try it here." —David Letterman, May 26, 2004
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