I was totally enthralled with this “oddball” blog anyway, and then I found a post containing a “photo” from Columbia SC!
Via everyday life, which has a funny Arlie Hochschild anecdote. You might also enjoy “It’s an Apostrophe Thing,” which links to this great cartoon.
See also I Blame The Patriachy for a “Punctuation Alert.” And, see this episode of Teachers’ TV, because:
In this first episode, international bestselling author of Eats, Shoots and Leaves, Lynne Truss, tries to convince Year 11 pupils that punctuation will change their world.
Her book has re-established punctuation as a hot topic for debate. But will today’s internet and texting generation really have much time for the semi-colon?
In this episode of The Teaching Challenge, Lynne takes on an English class who hold strong opinions. The pupils of Davison High School take to the streets of Worthing to point out bad punctuation to shopkeepers and restaurateurs.
–Ann Bartow
Although, funny thing is Truss’s book has a lot of punctuation errors in it!
My favorite example of weird quotation marks was something I saw at Found Magazine. They post ‘found’ notes, letters, shopping lists, to do lists, and photos. This one was ‘found’ in a ‘women’s’ restroom: a note from ‘mgmt’.
http://www.foundmagazine.com/finds_images/iuhwont.jpg
Years ago, I read the letters between Jefferson and Adams. One thing I thought hilarious was the way Adams used capitalization, which seemed rather arbitrary. Jefferson did not arbitrarily capitalize words the way Adams did. Part of the way I make a living is as a writer and editor, but when the Grammarians from Room 101 get their manties in a bunch over online typage, I like to dig out the letters between Jefferson and Adams to show that their punctuation, spelling, and grammar also left much to be desired.