Tuesday, March 15, 2011

Top 10 Punctuation Symbols

10. %
The percentage sign. You can convey a lot with a percentage instead of an ambiguous number, because it is in fact, two numbers, a numerator and denominator. The numerator is that same ambiguous number while the denominator is a number that tells the inquiring viewer something about that number.

9. _
The underscore. I just like the name, is sounds intentional mischievous and just like the name it waits there, on the ground, just waiting from its moment to erupt.

8. ^
The Caret. So so versatile. This can be used to raise a number to some power on a single line, or insert some text.

7. &
The Ampersand. Saves time, space, ink maybe, but sometimes I forget which way which loop goes where, but that probably just me.

6. @
The At sign. It is just so beautiful and so elegant to write, yet no one ever really writes it.

5. !
The Exclamation point. The only punctuation mark that can convey an emotion.

4.     (space)
A space. Seriously without it we would be in serious serious trouble. Example: Therapistannaconceivesevenchildrentonherwaytoarmageddonvillepinkwalrushitsapricot

3. ?
Question mark. The foundation of learning. What it conveys, is the reason why we write shit like this.

2. ,
The Comma. So complex in her use, yet so simple in her design. She is a fickle creature, leave her out and she torments you with her absence. Put her in a place she doesn't want to be and she creates an awkwardness that quiets all meaning. She is a bitch that you just can't be without.

1. .
The period. The end. The full stop. It completes the sentence. It chooses where it must end. It stops all from getting further. It keeps order, that all others fail at. The enforcer. The period.


I have just learned about this symbol: ⸮, it's an irony mark. People should start
using this thing again.

The divot  in your forehead was created by the power of a rain drop falling from a cloud.

A question mark looks like this: ?
To me that looks like a half drawn light bulb, the incandescent kind. (side note: kids won't get the symbol of a light bulb, they won't even think that image is of a light bulb, they get this swirly tube of white glass or better yet something that looks like an electronic cactus or medieval mace.)

Am I running out ideas? fuck no.

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