My Name is Heimlick Manouvre, & I am your Presidio

[Roswells, Art]

That's quite an obsession.   They have doctors for that.

I bet it was difficult to type two sentences and only use two periods.

[GravitySucks]

Methinks in Ireland they pronounce it:

Farty Too.

Good morning Brig. I hope this fine Saturday finds you well rested, in good health and in fine spirits.

[Billy Joe Mulgreavey]

I bet it was difficult to type two sentences and only use two periods.

You have NO idea...

[Roswells, Art]

You have NO idea...

haha

[Lilith]

Good morning Brig. I hope this fine Saturday finds you well rested, in good health and in fine spirits.

Thank You GS, and the same to you! 

[Lilith]

You have NO idea...

I find myself using the three or so dots sometimes also, when the thoughts I am typing are somewhere between a comma, and the end of a sentence ...more like a soft end of sentence, instead of a hard end of sentence.

[chefist]

I find myself using the three or so dots sometimes also, when the thoughts I am typing are somewhere between a comma, and the end of a sentence ...more like a soft end of sentence, instead of a hard end of sentence.

Hi Brig! Yea, it's very common...just go to any thread and read up and down the page...many users do it...

[Roswells, Art]

No they don't.

[Lilith]

Hi Brig! Yea, it's very common...just go to any thread and read up and down the page...many users do it...

I found this...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ellipsis,

[chefist]

No they don't.

Oh, Jesus fucking Christ, are you kidding me? Jorch has truly sunk to a new low, no doubt about it. What's next, a duet with UFO Phil? Fuck, that's just great. I'm just sure they could come up with a lovely little jingle to make all our ears bleed...  :

so jorch played "just the audio" from a falkie video... live... on the air?

So... he stopped getting worse?

[Roswells, Art]

Goddammit people.

[Lilith]

Well, at least I now know they have a name, "Ellipsis", which I would not have known, had Pate not started this thread.....

[chefist]

Well, at least I now know they have a name, "Ellipsis", which I would not have known, had Pate not started this thread.....

Pate usually inspires people to post about him/her...the range of responses is often interesting...

[Lilith]

Pate usually inspires people to post about him/her...the range of responses is often interesting...

I have always found Pate interesting.  I was happy to see he had started his own thread.  I hope to get to know him better,  much like it was when I was getting to know FalkieInTheFortress back in the day ....before I was banned....

[GravitySucks]

Goddammit people.

I know how you feel...

[Billy Joe Mulgreavey]

Goddammit people.

Roswells, try it like this...

...goddammit people.   This implies that you have thought it over before comment
goddammit...people.    Implies you are internalizing it as you type
or even...
goddammit people....   Implies that you quickly retorted "Goddammit people" and are going to have it stirring around in the old noodle for awhile. 

This is not to say that your way is wrong...it's snappy, and to the point for sure...just lacks salt and peppa.   I'm off to visit my in-laws for the day, so lucky me...ya?  You all have a pleasant Sunday (however many of you there REALLY are, bots and A.I. included). 

  (happy ellipses)

[PB the Deplorable]

I'm not giving up my ellipses...

[chefist]

I'm not giving up my ellipses...

[Lilith]

I'm not giving up my ellipses...

...Me neither!

[TigerLily]

I find myself using the three or so dots sometimes also, when the thoughts I am typing are somewhere between a comma, and the end of a sentence ...more like a soft end of sentence, instead of a hard end of sentence.

I like them too...for pregnant pauses

[TigerLily]

pate. I appreciate your manifesto. However I believe a coup has usurped your pre-cendency. Not shur


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_0sg0XDfmg

You know I love a good revolution

[MV/Liberace!]

By the way, anyone not in America pronounces thyme with a th sound, not a hard t.

https://youtu.be/CptdTBDkK_g

[K_Dubb]

On the subject of mispronunciations that Americans speaking American say, here's a few:

Aluminium...That's Alu-min--ium, NOT Alu-min-um.

And Basil, isn't Baysil.

And a hood when it refers to a car front isn't; It's a bonnet, and the rear isn't a trunk, it's a boot. Okay?

Pants are trousers. Undershorts aren't, they're pants, women are allowed to have panties or knickers.

Gas is petrol.

Colour, NOT color. (This is one of many examples of you're ridiculous attitude to eliminating vowels.) Oh, and sticking a z in words (which incidentally is pronounced zed, not zee)  instead of an s.. E.g. Apologise. NOT apologize.

You'll all have to get used to these and more, because when you're back under our wing again, you'll be doing it every day, or else.

Actually, what's funny is when a language imports a foreign word without enforcing some orthographic conformity, as was done with "colour".  This preserves the word's foreignness for class-conscious reasons, reflecting an underlying insecurity about one's mother tongue.  Aping your French betters, comme toujours.

[nbirnes]

I like them too...for pregnant pauses

I do believe that's what they were invented for. To hide the dirty bits ... in your imagination. We used to call them "dot-dot-dots" and we understood that, like a closed bedroom door, all kinds of interesting things were going on. Between the dots.

Also, it's better if you add a space before and after them; you can make them automatically on the Mac (option/semicolon); and there should never be four. Only three. For four to be done properly, you'd have to be an ediot, and there are only a few of us here. Either way, it's a tell.

[Walks_At_Night]

Actually, what's funny is when a language imports a foreign word without enforcing some orthographic conformity, as was done with "colour".  This preserves the word's foreignness for class-conscious reasons, reflecting an underlying insecurity about one's mother tongue.  Aping your French betters, comme toujours.

Yeah - what K_Dubb said.  Well except for the French being better............

[K_Dubb]

Yeah - what K_Dubb said.  Well except for the French being better............

You don't get that in Norwegian, for example, where the latinate imports are rigorously scrubbed of their southern color to the point where they're almost unrecognizable, e. g. maskin (machine).

[VtaGeezer]

...anyone not in America pronounces thyme with a th sound, not a hard t.

Not all the thime.

[Catsmile]

Ellipsis... triple periods... this thread is full of both.

However... not everyone is suffering from one... a triple period that is...


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VAoTgjkI7uM

[TigerLily]

I do believe that's what they were invented for. To hide the dirty bits ... in your imagination. We used to call them "dot-dot-dots" and we understood that, like a closed bedroom door, all kinds of interesting things were going on. Between the dots.

Also, it's better if you add a space before and after them; you can make them automatically on the Mac (option/semicolon); and there should never be four. Only three. For four to be done properly, you'd have to be an ediot, and there are only a few of us here. Either way, it's a tell.

Oh no ... not the spaces! Thanks, Nancy. I do not have Mac.  I will have to add the spaces ... manually

[GravitySucks]

Oh no ... not the spaces! Thanks, Nancy. I do not have Mac.  I will have to add the spaces ... manually