Happy National Punctuation Day!
One of my guest writers, Charles Carson from the journal American Speech, sent me a funny message asking if I thought National Punctuation Day is becoming too commercial.
I laughed and posted the message to Twitter and received these amusing responses. You people crack me up! Add your own sentiment in the comments section.
@jmayson Stores have had Punctuation Day decorations up since July 5th. The holiday has lost its true meaning. 🙂
@bpende The real problem was when Father Punctuation started showing up on Coke cans … that was just too much.
@dcperry I think the Great Colon will find my parentheses pstch the most sincere parentheses patch of all.
@worldsofwayne Thought you wrote “Punchuation Day”. That would be a painful day…
@dcperry I think the Great Colon will find my parentheses pstch the most sincere parentheses patch of all.
@ffluvssg1 Rockin’ around the Comma Tree, have a happy holiday…
@djcitymaus all depends on if there are Hallmark Cards — which would be pretty ironic considering their creative use of punctuation.
@mightymur What? Next you’ll be telling me that I shouldn’t have a National Punctuation Day wish list.
It is comma knowledge that punctuation day has been commercialized for too long a period. I colon all people who genuinely care about the holiday to protest tilde tide is turned.
Have an exclamatory National Punctuation Day!
I see Carlos has managed to fit four PUNctuation marks into one comment.
*Wow* Perhaps we shouldn’t over-emphasize an event so many months in advance!!!!!!!!!!! It kind of spoils the festivity…
Read about National Punctuation Day with interest! Thought this may perhaps tie in with another issue – it’s an old one (January 2009) but still worth discussion…
Scene is set for a pedants’ revolt as city dares to banish the apostrophe from its street signs
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article5614962.ece