Wednesday, May 7, 2008

Whipper Snappers and their New Fangled Ideas

First you need to read BRK's post from the other day. Specifically the bit about email etiquette


You don't double space after a period anymore?


I didn't get the memo. Shouldn't all former English majors get some sort of Western Union telegram announcing these kind of punctuation decisions?


Or maybe it came by email and I missed it because I was sipping tea and wearing white gloves while I tip tapped away on my Smith Corona on the veranda of my Victorian porch.


Wow, I feel old. I didn't know.


Anyway here's a nice explanation of the current punctuation situation.


EDIT: oooh aaaahhh, I just found a webcomic about punctuation. And there's violence!! Violence about punctuation!! Take that as a warning all those who would dare enter into the dangerous world of punctuation. Punctuation is pretty d&mn close to puncture....just saying. /insert weak hiccuping evil laugh. (About punctuation, has violence and is commenting on zero punctuation....reading the comic really made my day)

7 comments:

Lazz said...

eep! I don't think I CAN leave only one space after a period. Don't hate me because I'm a traditionalist.

Rabbit Stew said...

/waves at Lazz....howdy!!

I know, I think I just type the double space automatically. My hands are trained.

Anonymous said...

I didn't learn to type too very long ago (ok, so 13 years), and I was taught *always* to double space after a period. And that was using a computer running Win95! My hands are definitely trained.

And I didn't get the memo either >.<

Rabbit Stew said...

@ Anna

wait a minute...more than one of us didn't get the memo? So much for "inform the English majors" initiative.

13 years? hmmm, I have to count...ach! it's been 27 years for me. I feel woozy...some one hand me my cane. :-)

Khol Drake said...

@RabbitStew

You're not alone in not getting the memo. I learned to type in the 9th grade (damn near 20 years ago) on a DOS box with WordPerfect (lawlz.) My fingers are trained to doublespace after a period. In fact, it drives me up the wall when blogs, forums, etc. strip one of those spaces out.

>.>

Yes, I am zee grammer Nazi!

Beowulfa said...

Thanks for researching that rabbit. I didn't get the memo either, and I would like. To. Point. Out. That. I single-spaced after all my periods. And it was REAL hard.

Rabbit Stew said...

@Khol Drake I learned in 8th grade on a selectric typewriter and I got a B. Yup I remember because I was bitter.

@beowulfa I'm feeling better knowing that I wasn't the only one that missed the memo. And, confession, I haven't even attempted to single space after a period. That double tap with the thumb just feels so authoritative. I don't want to let it go.