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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: Happy National Punctuation Day! #131944 08/22/2004 11:48 PM Joined: Aug 2004 Posts: 19 Mt Meru varaha stranger varaha stranger Joined: Aug 2004 Posts: 19 Mt Meru My personal hero on the thorny subject of punctuation is Lord Timothy Dexter [1748-1806]. In his autobiography, A Pickle for the Knowing Ones: or Plain Truths in a Homespun Dress, he added an appendix consisting of a whole bunch of punctuation. As he wrote: "fouder mister printer the Nowing ones complane of my book the fust edition had no stops I put in A Nuf here and thay may peper and solt it as they plese". http://fifth-estate.home.comcast.net/lord_dexter/the_holl_pickle.htm Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Happy National Punctuation Day! AnnaStrophic 08/22/2004 12:16 PM Re: Happy National Punctuation Day! Buffalo Shrdlu 08/22/2004 12:30 PM Re: Happy National Punctuation Day! tsuwm 08/22/2004 12:44 PM Re: Happy National Punctuation Day! wofahulicodoc 08/22/2004 2:02 PM Re: Happy National Punctuation Day! Faldage 08/22/2004 9:57 PM Happy ... Punctuation Day! musick 08/22/2004 4:53 PM Re: Happy National Punctuation Day! varaha 08/22/2004 11:48 PM Re: Happy National Punctuation Day! Coffeebean 09/14/2004 9:03 PM Roadside Signs Father Steve 09/14/2004 11:26 PM Re: Roadside Signs Zed 09/14/2004 11:28 PM Re: Roadside Signs Father Steve 09/14/2004 11:53 PM Re: Dew Drop Innn Faldage 09/15/2004 10:20 AM Re: Dew Drop Innn sjmaxq 09/15/2004 10:47 AM Re: Dew Drop Innn Faldage 09/15/2004 11:13 AM Re: Dew Drop Innn sjmaxq 09/15/2004 11:16 AM Re: Dew Drop Innn belMarduk 09/15/2004 8:45 PM Re: Curl Up and Dye Wordwind 09/18/2004 9:29 AM Dew Drop Inn TEd Remington 09/17/2004 9:04 PM Re: Dew Drop Inn Zed 09/17/2004 11:44 PM Re: Dew Drop Inn Faldage 09/18/2004 1:09 PM Re: Dew Drop Inn Owlbow 09/20/2004 4:24 PM Dressing Hares musick 09/20/2004 6:18 PM Re: Dressing Hares Buffalo Shrdlu 09/20/2004 8:49 PM Re: Dew Drop Inn Father Steve 09/23/2004 6:19 PM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,916 Posts230,325 Members9,209 Most Online4,606 Sep 17th, 2025 Newest Members Peripatetic Toad, JerryC, blvd, Tony Hood, Wood Delivery 9,209 Registered Users Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 28 A C Bowden 12 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 11,168 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,974 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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