EDUCATIONAL INCUBATION & HATCHING CHAT THREAD, w/ Sally Sunshine Shipped Eggs

[BantyChooks]

-YES- We try—very hard— -Hmmm-—you might be right—

Just shoot me already instead of this drawn out torture!

 

[mlm Mike]

Prove it. Shakespeare never said one word against the dash.

Maybe because it wasn't invented yet, but no matter.

"I doeth despise the dash!" — William Shakespeare April 23rd, 1616

 

[mlm Mike]

I think you people live to torment me.

-Ya, think-

 

[BantyChooks]

"I doeth despise the dash!" — William Shakespeare April 23rd, 1616

Now you're not only faulty in your dash views, you're terrible at old English too.

 

[mlm Mike]

Now you're not only faulty in your dash views, you're terrible at old English too.

It's been a while since I spoke olde English.

 

[BantyChooks]

If: I wrote; like' this. would you: say! that semi)colons, /slashes, apostrophes', comm,as, colons., exclamation mark!s, parenth:eses and periods were a sign of bad writing?

NO. So stop blaming the dash.

 

[mlm Mike]

If: I wrote; like' this. would you: say! that semi)colons, /slashes, apostrophes', comm,as, colons., exclamation mark!s, and periods were a sign of bad writing?

NO. So stop blaming the dash.

I'm blaming poor writing skills.

 

[BantyChooks]

I'm blaming poor writing skills.

No, you're blaming the dash.

 

[duluthralphie]

"I doeth despise the dash!" — William Shakespeare April 23rd, 1616

I think Wm was lying when he said that...


If you recall--- the end of Romeo and Juliet...

Juliet has just revived from the sleeping potion--------to find Romeo deader than a door nail next to her...She is distraught---

And she says " Romeo oh Romeo--- Hast ye drank it all, Couldeth thou have not left a dash for me....For I would rather die than live in em-dash hell without you.... I shall have to dash out my live on your short dash sword... (then she runs to his sword and grabs it==== comes back and kisses the dirty rotting corpse that was once Romeo) and says " I hereby declare my undying love you, Romeo as I dash my life short with your dash blade" then plunges the blade into her heart...



With all the references to dashes he made, I doubt he hated the dash....I think it was just the em-dash he hated.......... I also bet he made lots of pe-dashes in his life.

 

[duluthralphie]

It's been a while since I spoke olde English.

Also known as "Canook".....