[Rhodes22-list] Punctuation

[Brad Haslett]

Slim,

It is two words and feng shui is taken very seriously in some circles.  It
is a HUGE deal in Chinese real estate.  Apparently it is taking on some
significance here (see attached).

Brad

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 Zoo pays feng shui expert to aid monkeys

Tue Feb 13, 5:17 PM ET

The Los Angeles Zoo paid $4,500 to an expert in the ancient Chinese art of
feng shui to ensure three endangered golden monkeys on loan from China can
have a strong life force.

Consulting the feng shui expert was part of the cost for a $7.4 million
enclosure for the golden monkeys debuting at the zoo later his year. Feng
shui focuses on balance in design to promote health and happiness.

Feng shui is in demand among high-end architects and interior designers, but
Beverly Hills-based feng shui expert Simona Mainini said the Los Angeles
Zoo's effort may be a first in animal enclosure design.

"It's very experimental," Mainini said. "We don't have any books on feng
shui for monkeys. We just have to assume that Darwin is correct and that
there is a connection and what is good for humans is good for monkeys."

The exhibit for the male and two female golden monkeys is nearing completion
and they are expected to arrive by the end of the year, once China approves
the export permit.

Exhibit designers from the Seattle-based Portico Group said the enclosure
was designed to re-create the feel of a rural Chinese village.

"The viewing building has a Chinese character," said principal architect
Charles Mays, who hire Mainini. "We thought it would be more authentic if we
went that extra step and made sure it was done with good feng shui."

Mainini said she tweaked the plans to maximize the good qi (pronounced
chee). For example, she recommended moving a door on the observation tower
or adding a fountain or water feature to "soften, with moisture, the harsh
energy" in that area of the tower.

The city will pay the Chinese government $100,000 a year for the period of
the 10-year loan of the simians.

"The idea is to get people beyond just looking at the animals so they
experience how the animals and people live," zoo General Manager John Lewis
(news, bio, voting record) said. "So when people see that a species is
endangered, maybe they'll feel motivated to do something to save them."

Golden monkeys, which weigh about 30 pounds, have blue faces, long hair and
make a catlike meow.

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Information from: (Los Angeles) Daily News, http://www.dailynews.com



On 2/13/07, Slim <stevenalm at comcast.net> wrote:
>
> Brad,
>
> I was trying to make a "pun" on "punctuation" which Elle pointed out is
> the
> lowest form of humor, and we all know that when it comes to "humor,", (I
> proudly admit,) there's no one lower than I.
>
> (And by the way, isn't it two words, and spelled "Feng Shui?").  Nor
> should
> you use apostrophes in lieu of quotation marks.
>
> "Slim"
> {The "punctuation police"}
>
> On 2/13/07 2:39 PM, "Brad Haslett" <flybrad at gmail.com> 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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