Monday, May 13, 2013

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     I don't know what it is -- for some reason, I've been suffering exclamationitis in post titles.  Yow!  ...Sorry.

     H'mm, "EPA" is taken and Bang! Anonymous sounds way wrong.  Exclanon?  "Hi, my name is Roberta X and I'm addicted to imperative punctuation...."
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6 comments:

  1. ogMay 13, 2013 at 9:31 AM

    Thank God you're not Victor Borge.

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  2. ArcherMay 13, 2013 at 2:06 PM

    I think you mean, "Hi! I'm Roberta X! And I'm addicted to imperative punctuation!"

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  3. Bruce H.May 13, 2013 at 2:45 PM

    A handy rule of thumb I encountered mumbledy years ago; "Exclamation points should be used only in dialogue, and then only when the speaker has just been eviscerated."

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  4. BGMillerMay 13, 2013 at 4:23 PM

    Thank you for that Og.
    I just got home from work and am now off to Youtube to find video of Mr. Borge. I count myself as very fortunate to have seem him perform live in Birmingham a couple of decades ago.


    Got to see Red Skelton live as well.

    Heathclif and Gertrude are so much better from fifteen feet away than they are on a tv screen.

    BGM

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  5. The Old ManMay 14, 2013 at 7:33 AM

    Be glad EPA is taken. It expands in the vernacular to "Eternal Pain in the Ass" - most pointedly "Uncle Sam's Eternal Pain in the Ass". Go for "SPUI" (Society of People Using Interrobangs).....

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  6. Roberta XMay 14, 2013 at 7:46 AM

    !?

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