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The secret life of punctuation - ¶ (The Pilcrow)

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Post by dogonwheels » Mon, Feb 21, 2011, 11:17 AM UTC

The secret life of punctuation - ¶ (The Pilcrow)
shadycharacters.co.uk

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Post by haribilalic » Mon, Feb 21, 2011, 1:23 PM UTC

It's too bad that it's in multiple parts and the other part(s?) aren't available! It's a surprisingly well written and researched article. I'm looking forward to more entries.

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Post by dot » Mon, Feb 21, 2011, 1:26 PM UTC

Fantastic name for a blog about typographical marks.

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Post by psykotic » Mon, Feb 21, 2011, 2:38 PM UTC

Wonderful writing!

He should collect these essays into book form to counterbalance the influence of pseudo-erudite pedants like Lynne Truss.

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Post by ShadyCharacters » Mon, Feb 21, 2011, 3:05 PM UTC

Thanks for the positive comments! There are two more articles on the pilcrow coming soon, and after that I'm moving on to the interrobang. I hope the new entries live up to the first one!

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Post by lusis » Mon, Feb 21, 2011, 3:18 PM UTC

Wow. That was an amazing post. Having a penchant for ancient greek due to misplaced enthusiasm for seminary, I was seriously enthralled. I didn't realize I might have a latent typography fetish.

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Post by tjmaxal » Mon, Feb 21, 2011, 3:29 PM UTC

Tease! You started out by saying you would get to the name and shape of the Pilcrow in this article, but you never quite got there. Oh well I guess I will have to wait for part II.

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Post by kolektiv » Mon, Feb 21, 2011, 3:33 PM UTC

ShadyCharacters wrote: post #5

Thanks for the positive comments! There are two more articles on the pilcrow coming soon, and after that I'm moving on to the interrobang. I hope the new entries live up to the first one!

I'll echo the other positives - very interesting and enjoyable read, looking forward to the next parts. If there was enough for a book at any point, I can think of several friends that would also enjoy it.

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Post by DanielBMarkham » Mon, Feb 21, 2011, 3:38 PM UTC

tjmaxal wrote: post #7

Tease! You started out by saying you would get to the name and shape of the Pilcrow in this article, but you never quite got there. Oh well I guess I will have to wait for part II.

Thanks for saying that.

I loved the style of the piece, the flow of the writing, the look of the page.

He just never got to the dang point! Perhaps this is all part of an elaborate plot to keep us interested. I hope so. Looking forward to more work from this author.

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Post by JacobAldridge » Mon, Feb 21, 2011, 3:58 PM UTC

Now I know why Homer's writing is so awesome - The Iliad and The Odyssey weren't just written to be read aloud, they were written TO BE FREAKIN' SHOUTED.