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Friday, March 16, 2007

The comic relief blook...

...is out!

My entry didn't make the final cut, but it's all for charidee so no sour grapes! :-)

And Tranniefesto is in there, so you know it's gotta be good. If you've not done anything for comic relief and feel like doing so, I humbly suggest buying it.

Let's face it, it's got to be better than sitting through the TV show. ;-)

Siobhan  You gotta hand it to Mike, he pulled a corker of an idea there - and all in 7 days. I'm eargerly awaiting my copy 
Siobhan  "eargerly"?!

(I'm really not liking the new Google-based Blogger BTW. I can't post comments with my Blogger profile anymore) 
Becky  Yeah you'll be singing a different tune when they buy out Tranniefesto. ;-) 
Siobhan  Nah, I'm going to sell it to Yahoo! Then everyone will shun me and never talk to me again 
Becky  "...Yahoo! Then..."

Shouldn't that be:

"...Yahoo!. Then..."

The exclamation mark forming part of the name and therefore not punctuation in itself.

Tch... first eargerly and now this! 
Stephanie Delacey  I disagree. When it comes at the end of a sentence the exclamation mark is properly treated as punctuation. Compare, for instance, the abbreviation etc. When it comes in the middle of a sentence the full-stop is counted as part of the abbreviation, so: "Siobhan sells her site etc. to Google." When it comes at the end of a sentence, however, the full-stop is not doubled, thus: "Siobhan is selling her site, etc." 
Stephanie Delacey  Oh god, I need a job, a boyfriend, a life... 
Becky  I'd say your last three points are all valid, Stephanie. ;-) 
Stephanie Delacey  So long as you accept I'm right about puncutation! 
Stephanie Delacey  If not typing... 
Becky  But "etc." ends in a full stop, which carries no implied emotion. A device like "Yahoo!" includes a exclamation mark, which could accidently imply excitement or surprise, unless it's properly handled.

So if I said "I'm going to work for Yahoo!" you might incorrectly assume I was excited by this fact. Whereas, "I'm going to work for Yahoo!." makes it clear that while Yahoo! might think their organisation is worth exclaiming, I certainly don't.

...

Why is it I used to be able to drink coffee in the evening with no noticeable effect, but these days a sniff of caffeine after teatime leaves me commenting on blogs at 2:40 am? :-/ 
Siobhan  I find wine helps in those situations...

Perhaps it would have been better if I'd said I was selling it to Yahoo!! - thus expressing excitement and writing their name properly.

But then it just looks a bit like I'm being over-excited, and typing like a 16-year-old

OMGZ!!11!LOLS 

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