Thanks. I have a conic shortage of them.
Well you don’t need to focus on it.
Focus on it? Surely that’s being a bit hyperbolic.
“My God, what have I done?”
–Talking Heads, Once In A Lifetime
You’ve certainly sent this thread off on a tangent.
Indeed, the Oxford comma is superior, not only because Oxford is a respected, long established educational institution, while the AP is just a presumptuous upstart company of a failing, self-absorbed colony.
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This movie wasn’t nearly as pervyy as the title suggests it would be.
That’s what the Soviets get for chasing away Wilhelm Reich.
Hercule Poirot just figured out who the murderer was.
Looks like Gérard Depardieu to me…
Nah, lacks the Depardieuan nose-butt.
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Pronounced as follows:
(to the tune of Twinkle Twinkle Little Star)
Hatless Atlas point at star
Backbrace double base pound space bar
Dash at cash and slash base rate
Wow! Open tab at bar is great!
Semicolon double back plus cash huh del
Comma pound double tilde bar close bell
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Reminds me of an old classic from way back in 1990 (I must have heard about it much later than that):
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Caret quote back-tick dollar dollar dash,
Bang splat equal at dollar under-score,
Percent splat waka waka tilde number four,
Ampersand bracket bracket dot dot slash,
Vertical-bar curly-bracket comma comma CRASH!
Thank you for saving me the trouble of typing that in on Mobile.