May 04, 2006

Authentification, 1

What am I reading now? Glad you asked.

It's a book about punctuation. However, because the decision was made not to Americanize the Stateside edition, the punctuation is all "wrong" in the eyes of the average Yankee copyeditor.

"Two people, divided by a common language."

Posted by: Attila Girl at 10:28 PM | Comments (4) | Add Comment
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1 No. No proof there. Because ANY alien would be at least as confused by our punctuation habits as we are.

Posted by: k at May 05, 2006 06:12 AM (wZLWV)

2 What do the British know about our language! If it weren't for a lot of brave men and women, we'd all be speaking English! "The Kiwi, it is said, is the most anti-social bird in the bush, and no-one likes to invite it to parties, because, if it turns up at all, it just eats roots and leaves." Guys all over New Zealand are snickering now: Women are blushing.

Posted by: Darrell at May 05, 2006 08:29 AM (KEBp7)

3 Think we're divided by a common language? Check out Germany sometime. The northern dialects and the southern dialects do not exhibit a great deal of mutual intelligibility.

Posted by: John at May 05, 2006 06:14 PM (KTxHe)

4 Well, in that regard Americans and the English have far more in common than either have with some inhabitants of Scotland.

Posted by: Attila Girl at May 05, 2006 07:37 PM (34TBU)

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