[Rhodes22-list] Punctuation

Bill Effros bill at effros.com
Tue Feb 13 17:19:24 EST 2007


Oh.

Bill Effros

Brad Haslett wrote:
> Actually boys and girls, it is 'fungshway' in China.
>
> Brad
>
>
> On 2/13/07, Bill Effros <bill at effros.com> wrote:
>>
>> I didn't know that.
>>
>> Bill Effros
>>
>> Slim wrote:
>> > The Chinese call it pungshway.
>> >
>> > On 2/13/07 2:06 PM, "Bill Effros" <bill at effros.com> wrote:
>> >
>> >
>> >> Slim,
>> >>
>> >> As far as I'm concerned, you don't over-punctuate.  They
>> under-punctuate.
>> >>
>> >> Bill Effros
>> >>
>> >> Slim wrote:
>> >>
>> >>> Myself, I tend to, um, well, over-punctuate...  Especially, with
>> commas.  My
>> >>> new year's resolution is to stop using "quotation" marks all over 
>> the
>> >>> "place" and parentheses unless they're absolutely necessary (for the
>> >>> understanding.)  I will not, however, stop using the double 
>> hyphen--I
>> love
>> >>> it so--because it enables me to make long, run-on sentences--which I
>> >>> like--and it reflects my fragmented way of thinking.  Also, I 
>> promise
>> to
>> >>> never again leave my participles dangling.
>> >>>
>> >>> Slim
>> >>>
>> >>> On 2/13/07 1:15 PM, "Bill Effros" <bill at effros.com> wrote:
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>> Thanks, Slim,
>> >>>>
>> >>>> That was my point.
>> >>>>
>> >>>> Bill Effros
>> >>>>
>> >>>> Slim wrote:
>> >>>>
>> >>>>
>> >>>>> Robert,
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> What Bill was pointing out was the apostrophe before the word
>> indicating
>> >>>>> it's a contraction of the word abated or 'bated, and not that the
>> word's
>> >>>>> origin is American but that in American English that's how we'd
>> spell it.
>> >>>>> I
>> >>>>> doubt he missed your intended bait.
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> Slim
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> On 2/13/07 11:55 AM, "Robert Skinner" <robert at squirrelhaven.com>
>> wrote:
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>>> Bill,
>> >>>>>>
>> >>>>>> Of course "bated" is the correct spelling.  And the
>> >>>>>> origin is not American.  From the link that I
>> >>>>>> provided:  "Shakespeare is the first writer known to
>> >>>>>> use it, in The Merchant of Venice"
>> >>>>>>
>> >>>>>> 1.  You don't get the joke.
>> >>>>>>
>> >>>>>> 2.  You don't get the joke.
>> >>>>>>
>> >>>>>> 3.  You don't get the joke.
>> >>>>>>
>> >>>>>> The bait in this case is the offer of more musings
>> >>>>>> from our esteemed elle -- and good bait it is!
>> >>>>>>
>> >>>>>> You might note, if you were not correcting from the
>> >>>>>> hip, that I included a reference describing the
>> >>>>>> origins and correct usage of the term "bated".
>> >>>>>> I figured that anyone who noted the acknowledged
>> >>>>>> odd spelling would get the hint.
>> >>>>>>
>> >>>>>> Really, man, you are in no position to critique
>> >>>>>> until you have groked the fullness of a message.
>> >>>>>> And maybe not even then.
>> >>>>>>
>> >>>>>> Please be more respectful in the future.
>> >>>>>>
>> >>>>>> Thank you,
>> >>>>>> /Robert
>> >>>>>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grok
>> >>>>>> --------------------------------------------------
>> >>>>>> Bill Effros wrote:
>> >>>>>>
>> >>>>>>
>> >>>>>>
>> >>>>>>> I believe the correct American spelling is 'bated, making more
>> clear
>> >>>>>>> what is intended.
>> >>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>> Bill Effros
>> >>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>> Robert Skinner wrote:
>> >>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>> We await with baited [yeah, I meant to spell
>> >>>>>>>> it that way] breath.
>> >>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>> /Robert
>> >>>>>>>> http://www.worldwidewords.org/qa/qa-bai1.htm
>> >>>>>>>> -----------------------------------------------
>> >>>>>>>> elle wrote:
>> >>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>>> Dan,
>> >>>>>>>>> The 'Musings' are a function of the boredom factor...
>> >>>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>>>
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