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    ¡No!

    Dirty Swedes Welcome Pedophiles

    Our Stupid New Education Secretary Said Something Stupid!

    And Now He's Dead: Semicolon; Punctuation Mark

    It's Called WSJ. Period.

    NYT Makes Comma Error Inside Semicolon Article

    'Times' Excited By Proper Punctuation

    Ed2010 Raises the Tough Questions

    Anal-Retentive Editors and the Death of Language

    UPN Tries to Class Itself Up, Fails
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    Image of Dominant Glee Club Dominant Glee Club
    09/24/09

    In reply to ¡No!
    Not sure it can be National Punctuation Day without Victor Borge:

    [www.youtube.com]
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    Edited by Dominant Glee Club at 09/24/09 1:17 AM Dominant Glee Club was starred Dominant Glee Club was unstarred
    Image of Island of Misfit Toys Island of Misfit Toys
    09/23/09

    In reply to ¡No!
    Tomorrow, in honor of National Punctuation Day, I shall only answer to the name Umlaut.
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    Image of naugahydeinplainsight naugahydeinplainsight
    09/23/09

    In reply to ¡No!
    Such a day needs its own theme song. I nominate Comma Chameleon, of course.
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    Image of phlox✔ phlox✔
    09/23/09

    @naugahydeinplainsight: !!! FTW!
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    Image of pureblarney pureblarney
    09/23/09

    @naugahydeinplainsight: Holy shit! He was fantastic live. Who'da thunk? Here's my contribution. Punctuation is important people!!
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    Image of naugahydeinplainsight naugahydeinplainsight
    09/23/09

    @pureblarney: HA!! He seems remarkably chipper, considering.
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    Image of m4ximusprim3 m4ximusprim3
    09/23/09

    In reply to ¡No!
    ¡Aiiepa!

    ♥
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    Image of britneyspearstears britneyspearstears
    09/23/09

    In reply to ¡No!
    Sarcasm deserves its own punctuation mark,
    [lo-filosophy.com]
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    Edited by britneyspearstears at 09/23/09 12:28 PM britneyspearstears was starred britneyspearstears was unstarred
    Image of Sergio Hernandez Sergio Hernandez
    09/23/09

    In reply to ¡No!
    I love that I clicked through to this post specifically to bring up interrobangs, and already someone's beaten me to it!

    And by "love," of course, I also mean "resent." :(
     Reply
    naugahydeinplainsight promoted this comment Sergio Hernandez was starred Sergio Hernandez was unstarred
    Image of Dominant Glee Club Dominant Glee Club
    09/23/09

    In reply to ¡No!
    National Spanish Punctuation Day!? There's no interrobang in my character map.
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    Image of AndIAmTellingYou AndIAmTellingYou
    03/17/09

    In reply to Dirty Swedes Welcome Pedophiles
    I don't get it. Is "coming guy" supposed to mean toddler... as in, "about to be a boy"? Like some kind of literal Swedish translation..?
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    Image of thundermonkey thundermonkey
    03/17/09

    In reply to Dirty Swedes Welcome Pedophiles
    In case anyone is wondering, it makes most sense that "Coming" is used in the same sense as in "coming attractions". I think the Swedish term would be something like "kommande snubbe". My Swedish isn't that great, mind you, but note that "snubbe" is a very colloquial term for "guy". Young mr. Nordfors is a "kid who's going to be a guy", "guy in training", something like that.
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    Image of HiredGoons HiredGoons
    03/17/09

    @thundermonkey: agree and concur.
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    Image of Dr. Nick Dr. Nick
    03/17/09

    In reply to Dirty Swedes Welcome Pedophiles
    I know a guy from Sweden whose last name is Orje. His license plate says "BIG ORJE" His English is much better than he lets most people believe.
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    Image of Oy Veh (Informality Reigns) Oy Veh (Informality Reigns)
    03/17/09

    @Dr. Nick: I know a fabric wholesaler whose license plate on his red corvette convertible (mid-life crisis) reads Stiff Tulle
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    Image of BookishLookish BookishLookish
    03/17/09

    In reply to Dirty Swedes Welcome Pedophiles
    I guess "coming guy" should really be "happening guy," and yes, as far as cute li'l Caucasian babies are concerned, he really is where it's at.
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    Image of Kari's Favorite Mark Kari's Favorite Mark
    03/17/09

    @BookishLookish: Well, that's enough embarrassment for one day...
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    Image of BookishLookish BookishLookish
    03/17/09

    @formerly it takes a lot to laugh: Oh, the twins are CUTE!!!
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    Image of Spirit Fingers Spirit Fingers
    03/17/09

    In reply to Dirty Swedes Welcome Pedophiles
    Um, aren't they known for chocolate and clocks? I'm guessing those things are just too boring, and grass covered babies really pack in the crowds?
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    Image of BookishLookish BookishLookish
    03/17/09

    @Spirit Fingers: That's Switzerland!
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    Image of Oy Veh (Informality Reigns) Oy Veh (Informality Reigns)
    03/17/09

    @BookishLookish: Sweden, Switzerland, Swaziland, South Dakota, EVERYONE knows all of the "S" places are close together.
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    Image of Kid Twist Kid Twist
    03/17/09

    @Spirit Fingers: Don't forget yodeling.
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    Image of Spirit Fingers Spirit Fingers
    03/17/09

    @BookishLookish: Ha! Yah, you're right! Still. I'm confused by the grass covered babies. Will I get a free pair of these if I go there, though?


     Reply
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    Image of Oy Veh (Informality Reigns) Oy Veh (Informality Reigns)
    03/17/09

    @Spirit Fingers: A free pair of white balls?
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    Image of Inescapeable Picnic Inescapeable Picnic
    03/17/09

    @Oy Veh (Informality Reigns): They all start with S because they're all socialist. That's the mnemonic I use.
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    Image of Oy Veh (Informality Reigns) Oy Veh (Informality Reigns)
    03/17/09

    @Inescapeable Picnic: Now THAT makes sense! The US would be.. Unitarian then?
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    Image of BadUncle BadUncle
    03/17/09

    In reply to Dirty Swedes Welcome Pedophiles
    I'm sure the writer's English is better than my Swedish, of which I only know two words: "massage," and "meatballs."
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    Image of Oy Veh (Informality Reigns) Oy Veh (Informality Reigns)
    03/17/09

    @BadUncle: Are you offering to massage my meatballs?
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    Oy Veh (Informality Reigns) was starred Oy Veh (Informality Reigns) was unstarred
    Image of BadUncle BadUncle
    03/17/09

    @Oy Veh (Informality Reigns): In the sauna, with a lutefisk.
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    Image of Oy Veh (Informality Reigns) Oy Veh (Informality Reigns)
    03/17/09

    @BadUncle: It's a tidpunkt. I'll bring the gefilte.
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    Image of Grandma Death Grandma Death
    03/17/09

    In reply to Dirty Swedes Welcome Pedophiles
    That ad is one of many that is featured on the walls of the "arrivals" area of Stockholm's Arlanda airport.


    I will say though, Swedes have excellent English skills - more so than most other Europeans who speak English as a second language.


    -American living in Stockholm for the past year and a half.

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    Image of Dear Blond Diary Dear Blond Diary
    03/17/09

    @Grandma Death: Yes, and they all speak French too..and Swedish. They win okay, THEY WIN.
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    Image of Rumpelstilskin Rumpelstilskin
    03/17/09

    In reply to Dirty Swedes Welcome Pedophiles
    But what is the ad actually trying to sell or convey? Homo-Code for frenzied child molestation?
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    Image of BadUncle BadUncle
    03/17/09

    @Rumpelstilskin: A baby farm breeding babies for baby sleighs?
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    Image of Uncle_Billy_Slumming Uncle_Billy_Slumming
    03/17/09

    @Rumpelstilskin:


    Exactly... as in "up and coming"? "Becoming boy"?

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    Image of Oy Veh (Informality Reigns) Oy Veh (Informality Reigns)
    03/17/09

    @Rumpelstilskin: Homo-CODE??
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