tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10631722.post111352635109892526..comments2023-08-16T01:24:11.734-07:00Comments on Wilsonisms - Opening minds and hearts since 1974: My (not so) Favorite GlyphMr. Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13076887736533678696noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10631722.post-64704563629560542522007-04-17T21:05:00.000-07:002007-04-17T21:05:00.000-07:00i like you becuase you're smart. you have to be sm...i like you becuase you're smart. you have to be smart to write a thing like this. i like smart boys. (men, sorry)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10631722.post-1160795281448488932006-10-13T20:08:00.000-07:002006-10-13T20:08:00.000-07:00I'm loving it! I'm so guilty, though I sometimes ...I'm loving it! I'm so guilty, though I sometimes use hyphens to slip in my remarks (is that grammatically incorrect? hmmm) instead of parentheses. And as Chad has so eloquently posted, my thoughts are also sometimes left lingering in oblivion...<BR/><BR/>I wonder what Paula Jay would say about the parenthetical statement within a parenthetical statement? I must go research this one...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10631722.post-1114832249462921912005-04-29T20:37:00.000-07:002005-04-29T20:37:00.000-07:00If you've ever seen any of my writings (.... or ol...If you've ever seen any of my writings (.... or old computer program source code for that matter (since they were usually reeking with nested parenthetical do loops (some for no rhyme or reason)), me being your old man (the one who knocked up your mom (who by the way says hello and she loves you)) I guess you could say that this addiction might possibly be hereditary.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10631722.post-1113797080879743482005-04-17T21:04:00.000-07:002005-04-17T21:04:00.000-07:00It's ironic to me that you are addicted to parenth...It's ironic to me that you are addicted to parenthetical remarks. I too struggle with a grammatical punctuation addiction that is even more perverse in what it reflects on those who dare to use it and later abuse it. My addiction is worse, because it's more underground, more deviant, more insidious than parenthetical remarks. You won't find high brow poets and novelist using my punctuation drug of choice, at least not in public. You are more likely to see my dope on an email, an IM, or a blog. And no, I'm not talking about no damn emoticon. (Parenthetically, emoticons are used to express something that the writer would normally say with his face, and is unable to communicate with words.) If parenthetical remarks are comparable to marijuana, then my punctuation fixation is akin to sniffing glue. I’m a junky on that junk, and I hate to leave you in suspense as to what it is that's got me so strung out, but that's the beauty of the high that comes with my punctuation potion. It let's you hold onto a thought a little longer than you normally could so you can stay high just a little longer, before going on to the next thing. So what punctuation pill am I popping? It does not have a formal name like parenthetical remarks, but you know it when you see it, and you know exactly what it means. Yeah, you know what I'm talking about, because I have seen you on some of those back ally blogs in a nod so deep, Narcan couldn't resuscitate your overdosed ass. So since we are all friends, why hold back? I know what you came here for...Yeah, that's what you like...Go ahead and take it in...Take it slow, it's not going anywhere...Yeah, that's it...But this stoned state is a two edged sword...The trip ends with the part of this punctuation that is both pure pleasure and pain...when right before I close...I just...chadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11532217111540358449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10631722.post-1113619129911678242005-04-15T19:38:00.000-07:002005-04-15T19:38:00.000-07:00*squirms*That unclosed parenthesis really does bot...*squirms*<BR/><BR/>That unclosed parenthesis really does bother me, even though I don't use the things much myself. It's a tag left open, a thought unfinished, a tangent unabandoned. Does that make me an addict or a pedant? (And if the latter, is my girlfriend a pedantophile?)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10631722.post-1113527966511902712005-04-14T18:19:00.000-07:002005-04-14T18:19:00.000-07:00Wonderful post! Writing of that caliber on a blog ...Wonderful post! Writing of that caliber on a blog is like pearls before swine. (I guess that makes me the swine) In any case, I also share your addiction. In addition, I am addicted to opening sentences with prepositional phrases or temporal transitions. In my experience, this can be over done. Sometimes, People don't notice. Inevitably, the writing becomes too "wordy". Nonetheless, I continue to do it (with reckless abandon I might add. Often I forget to separate these phrases with a comma. I suppose the comma is optional. Still, I think if I could moderate the practice, I could excel as a writer. (which brings me back to my original point). Thank you for that post. Its writings like that, that allow for a richer and fuller life.Nick Dangerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11038040700392927569noreply@blogger.com