Comments on: I Give a Fuck About the Oxford Comma: A Playlist in Honor of National Punctuation Day

By: Susanna

Susanna — Wed, 25 Sep 2013 04:37:31 +0000

Ooh, love this! Even though Mike Doughty is on my shit list for his incessant complaining, and now entirely new album apparently, about perfectly delightful Soul Coughing music. (Not that that has anything to do with punctuation, though it might be nice if there was a special punctuation mark for complaining.)

By: tiptoptom

tiptoptom — Tue, 24 Sep 2013 20:36:40 +0000

I only know of one song that contains a semicolon:

“The World’s a Mess; It’s in my Kiss” by X.

Here’s a clip with an explanation of the song and a shirtless drummer!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9j9oJ5H4qSA

By: Julie Ross Godar

Julie Ross Godar — Tue, 24 Sep 2013 19:26:22 +0000

I loved this post so very much that I put it in a Punctuation Day roundup on BlogHer today (with a side gripe about the title of the Elvis Costello song).
http://www.blogher.com/7-posts-about-punctuation-will-either-enrage-you-or-elate-you-or-possibly-both

By: Jodi

Jodi — Tue, 24 Sep 2013 16:46:49 +0000

In reply to NBFB. I will give a "hell yes" to the serial semi-colon. I don't use it so much in my own writing, but I use it all the time when editing my clients' writing.

By: NBFB

NBFB — Tue, 24 Sep 2013 16:45:02 +0000

Serial commas are awesome. But I give the edge to the serial semi-colon for the following reasons:
1. I have to use them all the time at work;
2. hardly ever get to use them outside work; and
3. that’s about it.