tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post924498727167661731..comments2024-03-25T15:07:41.959+00:00Comments on Nigeness: Keats and DashesNigehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13314891387515045404noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-58452499334882865792011-07-03T14:32:48.869+01:002011-07-03T14:32:48.869+01:00"Talking (Exclamation) Points":
http://..."Talking (Exclamation) Points":<br /><br /><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/03/fashion/exclamation-points-and-e-mails-cultural-studies.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/03/fashion/exclamation-points-and-e-mails-cultural-studies.html</a>Dave Lullhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01053227199985293516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-71115091504821643792011-03-31T11:43:40.651+01:002011-03-31T11:43:40.651+01:00Keep on dashing Kate - and I forgot to mention tha...Keep on dashing Kate - and I forgot to mention that other indispensable sign, the exclamation mark!Nigehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13314891387515045404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-69744956511553640252011-03-31T05:33:21.440+01:002011-03-31T05:33:21.440+01:00I'm an avid dasher too - I often have to go th...I'm an avid dasher too - I often have to go through my work and cut some dashes out - but perhaps I shouldn't!KateNZnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-70455215674608709902011-03-30T17:12:54.558+01:002011-03-30T17:12:54.558+01:00Oh yes Byron another great dasher (and not v kind ...Oh yes Byron another great dasher (and not v kind about poor Johnny K). They are wonderful things - dashes - a pity, Brit, they usually come out as mere hyphens in screen fonts, tho you can use 2 or 3 in a row of course --- I sometimes think the world would be a better place (no it wouldn't - Ed)if punctuation was limited to dashes of varying lengths - supplemented by question marks - and the odd full stop. Who needs more?Nigehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13314891387515045404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-83840959412097894932011-03-30T17:11:28.035+01:002011-03-30T17:11:28.035+01:00Thinking about it some more, I suppose they convey...Thinking about it some more, I suppose they convey a sense of pace about the writing. That's why they suit letters, diaries, journals. It's the sheer dash of pen.The Spinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14767961932107057186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-20949156883992694942011-03-30T16:13:17.243+01:002011-03-30T16:13:17.243+01:00Dashes are v common on the web - easy to see on th...Dashes are v common on the web - easy to see on the screen compared the semi-colon, comma etc - apparently.Brithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00390560583798960760noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-73521714108145071112011-03-30T16:02:29.741+01:002011-03-30T16:02:29.741+01:00Have you ever tried Byron’s letters and journals? ...Have you ever tried Byron’s letters and journals? He’s wonderfully mercurial and a great advocate of dashes, plus a good deal saucier than 'Johnny Keats'.The Spinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14767961932107057186noreply@blogger.com