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Monday, February 6, 2017

¶unctuation Marks

I wanted  to use the pilcrow in a  response to a blogpost.  But my keyboard seems to  lack this  device, or I  don't know how to  access  it.  Google  to the  rescue "paragraph symbol" and instantly the little dickens appeared before my eyes.  Copy and paste, problem solved.

I have used the same technique  on other occasions  when in need of a symbol  or  even  a phrase in the alphabet of an alien language.  Quick and easy.

You may have referred to the pilcrow as paraph, or alinea, or simply the paragraph mark.*  It's  all  good.  Full disclosure: pilcrow is a new  term to me  as well.

A day in  which  one learns  nothing is a wasted  day.  You are welcome.

*Some refer to the symbol as "a blind P" but I tend to be more careful in  my use of language.

Happy Seventeenth Anniversary to  my Beloved Beautiful Better Half!

8 comments:

  1. HAPPY ANNIVERSARY YOU LOVELY PEOPLE !

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  2. Grace, we thank you so much for the good wishes.

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  3. Happy day to you and your bride!

    Various symbols often have multiple names. When I worked for a company that provided software to telephone companies, I learned that # is sometimes called octothorpe, and * is sometimes called splat.

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  4. Chuck, thanks. Full disclosure: the picture is four years old, but one we like very much.

    Jim, thank you. And I have learned a new thing for this day: *splat* Thanks.

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  5. Thank you for admitting that you did not know the name--I thought it was just me.

    Happy Anniversary, you two crazy love birds!

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  6. Lin, that's me. I am pretty transparent. Mostly

    Thank you for the wishes!

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  7. Very special that you are celebrating another year. So happy for you!

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