I came across a brilliant article in the Guardian about the fate of the semicolon, and how it's demise is indicative of the decline of French language. It's a good read, but Irvine Welsh does put it into perspective a bit when he says: "People get worked up about that shite, do they? I don't fucking believe it".
The same author also penned an article tackling the pressing issue of identifying the shortest world leader. Such journalism should definitely be encouraged.
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Well, if you're going to move the piece, I'll move the comment.
I loved the Grauniad piece, though one must question their offering of a "printable version". Is that one that deletes Irvine Welsh's expletives?
To the barricades, citizens! First, they are barring the use of 'abortion' as a search-word in the Popline database, now this!!
How long before somebody considers what our colon contains, observes sagely that half a colon is not better than no colon at all, and bans the semi-colon too?
Just trying to keep you on your toes.
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