[Rhodes22-list] Punctuation

[Brad Haslett]

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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