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WELCOME TO THE "PRINCESS OF PUNCTUATION"!
This light-hearted lens is devoted to the art of proper punctuation.
In a world suffering from "commatosis" not to mention that other fate worse than death, the plague of punctuation also referred to in gravely serious grammar circles as "semi-colon cancer", there is a place for punctilious punctuators.
Clearly something must be done to eliminate mangled and misbegotten missives, to eradicate the egregious use of emoticons, and to put an end to other dreadful disasters involving the deadly use of the dash or even heaven forbid, the worst sin of all, the appearance of a despondent dangling modifier.
THE PUNCTUATED TABLE OF CONTENTS
- WHO IS THE PRINCESS OF PUNCTUATION?
- BOOKS BY LYNNE TRUSS
- WHO IS THE "PRINCESS OF PUNCTUATION"?
- BOOKS BY KAREN ELIZABETH GORDON
- WILL THE REAL "PRINCESS OF PUNCTUATION" PLEASE STAND UP!
- PRINCE OF PUNCTUATION - WHEREFORE ART THOU?
- PRATFALLS OF PUNCTUATION
- LITTLE LINK LIST FOR GROWN-UP GRAMMARIANS
- PUNCTUATION MARKS ON PARADE
- PROPER PUNCTUATION FOR A BILLET-DOUX OR LOVE LETTER
- BATTY BOOKMARKS FOR PERPLEXED PUNCTUATORS
- DO WE NEED MORE PUNCTUATION ON OUR PERPLEXING PLANET?
- IS YOUR PET-PEEVE PUNCTUATION?
WHO IS THE PRINCESS OF PUNCTUATION?
Born: 1955, Kingston Upon Thames, Surrey, EnglandUniversity: BA Honors (First Class), English Language and Literature, 1977, University College of London
Jobs: library assistant, book reviewer, literary editor, op-ed colmunist, droll sports reporter, television critic, comic novelist and author of thrilling themes in the world of grammar that answer the age-long question, 'Is Proper Punctuation a Hopeless Clause?'
Popular Book Titles:
One Lousy Packet of Free Seed
Making the Cat Laugh
Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation
Talk to the Hand
Eats, Shoots & Leaves: Why, Commas Really do Make a Difference!
The Girl's Like Spaghetti: Why you Can't Manage Without Apostrophes!
Quotes:
"To some people, the fact that I am not married, or don't have children, would be the reason I have written a book on punctuation."
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"Who is the "Princess of Punctuation"? Well, it might be a light-hearted lass from across the pond named Lynne Truss!
BOOKS BY LYNNE TRUSS
Eats, Shoots & Leaves: Why, Commas Really Do Make a Difference!
For those who think that "Eat here and get gas" leaves a little to be desired.
Amazon Price: (as of 05/17/2008)
The Girl's Like Spaghetti: Why, You Can't Manage without Apostrophes!
A "must have" for the apostrophe-challenged person in your life!
Amazon Price: (as of 05/17/2008)
Talk to the Hand: The Utter Bloody Rudeness of the World Today, or Six Good Reasons to Stay Home and Bolt the Door
A great read for those who abhor bobos, blockheads, and bohunks who don't give a sweet tweet about anything except their cellphones, iPods and crackberries.
Amazon Price: $20.00 (as of 05/17/2008)
Going Loco: A Comedy of Terrors - A Story From The Lynne Truss Omnibus
A terrific title from an award-winning guffaw-inducing grammarian.
Amazon Price: $25.95 (as of 05/17/2008)
Twenty-Odd Ducks: Why, every punctuation mark counts!
Time to pre-order this upcoming pithy piece from the Princess of Punctuation!
Amazon Price: $11.55 (as of 05/17/2008)
WHO IS THE "PRINCESS OF PUNCTUATION"?
Little is known about her except that she frequently hangs out with elusive slashes, dots and dashes not to mention some hyphenated friends named Too-Too La Blanca, Jean-Jacques Passera, Suzanne Benton-Bria and Laurinda Travers-Moostracht. She probably enjoys living out of a suitcase or has a split personality as she seems to reside in two places at once - Berkeley, California and Paris, France.Speaking of places where they speak French, woo women with wine, and wolf down "baguettes" and 'dirty-foot' cheese with alacrity, one of her odd little gems is a book called, Paris Out of Hand which she says is a "fictional guide to the city. Almost everything is invented: hotel names, street names, even historical personages. I have fictional museums, too. The Museum of Lips and Books, the Museum of Gastronomy But Not Tasting, the Museum of Doors. There's even a little church of marionettes that nobody has ever seen that I find out about from a drunken marionette. My experiences of Paris are very much present in the book, but the locations are made up. They become real by the thoroughness and vividness of the descriptions, and the wonderful integration of text and images. The images were created by Nick Bantock and his partner, Barbara Hodgson, who had originally approached me to do the book."
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Who is the "Princess of Punctuation"? Well, it just might be Karen Elizabeth Gordon, American author of "The New Well-Tempered Sentence - A Punctuation Handbook for the Innocent, the Eager, and the Doomed".
BOOKS BY KAREN ELIZABETH GORDON
The Deluxe Transitive Vampire: A Handbook of Grammar for the Innocent, the Eager and the Doomed
Learning grammar can be fun as is shown by the author, particularly the painting of the nude which illustrates the separation of independent clauses with a semi-colon and reads, "She wrapped herself up in an enigma; there was no other way to keep warm."
Amazon Price: $16.29 (as of 05/17/2008)
The New Well-Tempered Sentence: A Punctuation Handbook for the Innocent, the Eager, and the Doomed
The rules of punctuation are fun, especially the importance of the comma, "a delicate kink in time, a pause within a sentence, a chance to catch your breath."
Amazon Price: $8.00 (as of 05/17/2008)
Torn Wings and Faux Pas: A Flashbook of Style, a Beastly Guide Through the Writer's Labyrinth
What's not to like about the idosyncratic points of grammar involving lycanthropes, vampires, and cartographers exploring odd places like Bosoxia or a party in the Schloss.
Amazon Price: (as of 05/17/2008)
Out of the Loud Hound of Darkness: A Dictionarrative
One reader refers to it as "a comically elaborate prose-poem, a fairy-tale adventure, a jigsaw-puzzle of a narrative and a pocket guide to usage"...it's bound to be hoot!
Amazon Price: (as of 05/17/2008)
WILL THE REAL "PRINCESS OF PUNCTUATION" PLEASE STAND UP!
Who is the Princess of Punctuation?
Fetching blurbs now... please stand byLynne Truss
LeslieBrenner says:
I don't know either of them. So, if I had to pick one, I'm going to go with the one no one else chose. Oh well.
What about Miss Thistlebottom's Hobgoblins though? It's fun to say!
Posted April 19, 2008
Karen Elizabeth Gordon
Elizabeth says:
i am thee princess of punctuation!!
Posted March 28, 2008
quippingqueen says:
Karen Elizabeth Gordon - author of the classic and comic punctuation pieces: "The New Well-Tempered Sentence" and "The Disheveled Dictionary"!
Posted March 11, 2008
PRINCE OF PUNCTUATION - WHEREFORE ART THOU?
Victor Borge Phonetic Pronunciation
Victor Borge Phonetic Pronunciation
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PRATFALLS OF PUNCTUATION
The importance of punctuation cannot be underestimated as these rather fine examples show.The meaning my dear, lies in the proper use of pith and punctuation!
When out for a morning stroll, the happy hussy came upon a delightfully doctored sign:
-- the original version "Private No Swimming Allowed!"
-- the amended version "Private? No. Swimming Allowed!"
A professional pettifogger stepped into court one day and surmised that something was definitely amiss, as he glanced at the quizzical quotations buried in the tautological testimony, (obviously transcribed by a twit he concluded):
-- "The criminal," says the judge, "should be hanged."
-- The criminal says, "The judge should be hanged."
At the Resettlement Advice Centre on Pintleton Alpha, Arthur Dent expressed his desire to live somewhere where the peole looked vaguely like him - human as opposed to the:
-- twenty-odd people
-- twenty odd people
who stood in line ahead of him!
LITTLE LINK LIST FOR GROWN-UP GRAMMARIANS
- PUNCTUATION PRINCESS
- Well if your wee lass is not destined to be a beauty queen, perhaps she can become a "Punctuation Princess"!
- TALES FROM "ZERO PUNCTUATION"
- If you're bored with life, down in the dumps, or suffering from a bad case of ennui, then find out what's happening this week on "Zero Punctuation".
- NEVER MISPLACE A COMMA
- Have you neglected to dot your "i's" and cross your "t's" and forgetten your "p's" and "q's" lately? Then, it's likely you may also misplace a comma, only this time with dire consequences!
- THE POWER OF PUNCTUATION
- The pen may be mightier than the sword, but the wielder better have a good handle on punctuation!
PUNCTUATION MARKS ON PARADE
Here are a few dos, and don'ts.
Quote...
...Unquote
Have I got a question for you?
Dial 1-800 Apostrophe Police
Don't abuse punctuation!
What the ?@!
Stick it in your ear! (for emphasis)
Emoticons...for better communication?
Colon and comma cuff links.
PROPER PUNCTUATION FOR A BILLET-DOUX OR LOVE LETTER
BATTY BOOKMARKS FOR PERPLEXED PUNCTUATORS
DO WE NEED MORE PUNCTUATION ON OUR PERPLEXING PLANET?
Enough with the exclamation points!!! Pomma Point
Finally - a punctuation mark that sits between the period and the exclamation point. www.pommapoint.com
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IS YOUR PET-PEEVE PUNCTUATION?
Thank heaven for periods or we'd have run-on-sentences and those charming chatterboxes would rule the world!
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