Reply: Re: Regardless

[Ted Borck <tborck@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Fri, 11 Jul 2003, John Hofstetter wrote:

> On Friday, July 11, 2003, at 07:36  PM, Ryan Moore wrote:
>
> > I'll worry about the prepositions when you start using correct
> > punctuation instead of those annoying little boxes.
> >
> > -Ryan
>
> Who are you to decide that those annoying little boxes arent correct
> punctuation? Actually, I guess I may as well confess to the truth. Im
> creating a new language Im thinking about calling IH Digestese.  It
> should soon be fashionable for everyone to use the little boxes.
>
> Then some folk singer will write a sad tune, Where have all the
> apostrophes gone? Actually Ted B. is thinking of the rest of the words
> as we speak.


Although my MUA doesn't display Hoff's apostrophes as little boxes -
perhaps the song should be more in the line of. . .

"Little boxes made of apostrophes,
And they all look the same."

My appologies to Malvina Reynolds's "Little Boxes."

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Ted Borck	tborck@domain.elided