Fresh (and amazing) information
Ok, remember that thing about whether the "Who knew"
expression was a question or a statement?
Here is an excerpt from an article in Vogue Magazine
April 2005 Issue, picture of Drew Barrymore in the cover
page 307. This is a direct quote... I promise I'm not making this up.
It says,
"Who knew that quarter size polka-dots are
the best punctuation for a pint-size body..."
(and, wait for it... yes, there is a punctuation mark
at the end....and it is... a....)
Aw heck, go get the magazine and look for yourselves!
expression was a question or a statement?
Here is an excerpt from an article in Vogue Magazine
April 2005 Issue, picture of Drew Barrymore in the cover
page 307. This is a direct quote... I promise I'm not making this up.
It says,
"Who knew that quarter size polka-dots are
the best punctuation for a pint-size body..."
(and, wait for it... yes, there is a punctuation mark
at the end....and it is... a....)
Aw heck, go get the magazine and look for yourselves!
posted by Bill Fleming at 11:27 AM
2 Comments:
Oh, and one more thing.
The second sentence in the article
says,
"Or that scarlet might be just as slimming
on a curvy figure as basic black?"
Note that in this case, the "who knew" is
implied by the sentence preceeding it.
In other words "who knew" is presumed.
Now noth that even when "Who knew is
merely implied (the words "who" and "knew"
don't even appear in the sentence) the punctiation
is a question mark.
So... three guesses as to what the punctuation
mark is at the end of the first sentence...
Hint: Give everyone who insisted that it's not
a question my deepest regrets.
Now, the Vogue reference is doubly good
because if anybody were willing to break the rules,
it would be their editors... being trendy and all...
plus we got to learn about polka-dots as
whole new and unexpected concept in
personalized punctuation.
Who knew?
Not fair!! i want to comment, but i have to go...Blog you later though, Im off to spearfish
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