tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7633543688149775322.post5066911561601777213..comments2024-03-28T11:03:53.842+00:00Comments on My Top Ten: My Top Ten Punctuation SongsRolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02103804480646939038noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7633543688149775322.post-42065121320897874822017-07-30T15:55:27.493+01:002017-07-30T15:55:27.493+01:00This made me curious, so I looked it up and found ...This made me curious, so I looked it up and found this:<br />'Contrary to what might be expected, Dexys Midnight Runners is consistently spelled without an apostrophe. The word Dexy, in this case, comes from a colloquialism of dextroamphetamine or purple hearts, a type of amphetamine diet pill that was a popular "upper" drug with England's Northern Soul scene in the 1960s.'<br /><br />So would be right in thinking, Rol, that whenever a word is a contraction like this, you don't change the 'y' in a plural to an 'ie'? (I've never been sure!)<br /><br />Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02423624920558505937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7633543688149775322.post-49513403860045964382017-07-30T15:25:19.946+01:002017-07-30T15:25:19.946+01:00Great selection and nice to see AFP's Ampersan...Great selection and nice to see AFP's Ampersand in there. When I was a kid I used to get confused with the word ampersand and the Psammead from my favourite book Three Children And (&?) It. Now it's just one of those words I can only picture that way, if that makes sense (it does to me).<br /><br />- I like your idea of the 'Stop' songs, btw - would be a good tribute.Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02423624920558505937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7633543688149775322.post-20280919384779367452017-07-29T22:17:34.310+01:002017-07-29T22:17:34.310+01:00Only you could have thought of that one! Yes we...Only you could have thought of that one! Yes we'll just say that Dexys in a weird adjective that no-one has heard of.Alysonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15671033552961486737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7633543688149775322.post-85117542815220337902017-07-29T22:15:19.193+01:002017-07-29T22:15:19.193+01:00Yes, now you've said that, I remember reading ...Yes, now you've said that, I remember reading it somewhere.<br /><br />Somehow that makes the name even worse...Rolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02103804480646939038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7633543688149775322.post-29354711218276607012017-07-29T22:14:22.404+01:002017-07-29T22:14:22.404+01:00There's probably ten songs out there (easily) ...There's probably ten songs out there (easily) just called Stop. Maybe I should gather them together in tribute to the WYCRA gang... Maybe even give out points.Rolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02103804480646939038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7633543688149775322.post-46086627290669003082017-07-29T22:12:14.381+01:002017-07-29T22:12:14.381+01:00I tell my students this regularly.
Probably won&#...I tell my students this regularly.<br /><br />Probably won't be in this job much longer...Rolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02103804480646939038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7633543688149775322.post-58137126669029505502017-07-29T22:11:14.865+01:002017-07-29T22:11:14.865+01:00Could Dexys be an adjective,making the s neither p...Could Dexys be an adjective,making the s neither possessive nor plural, simply the last letter of the word?Rolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02103804480646939038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7633543688149775322.post-14457587862342332092017-07-29T21:32:06.728+01:002017-07-29T21:32:06.728+01:00!!! is pronounced Chk Chk Chk - apparently
Defini...!!! is pronounced Chk Chk Chk - apparently<br /><br />Definite contender for sh*ttest band name ... everRigid Digithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16757290844359368792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7633543688149775322.post-8836206608398999342017-07-29T10:01:04.357+01:002017-07-29T10:01:04.357+01:00If you are allowed to count stop as in a telegraph...If you are allowed to count stop as in a telegraph that opens up a whole new ball gameCharity Chichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12049726176497694026noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7633543688149775322.post-46626700049712465822017-07-29T00:37:10.556+01:002017-07-29T00:37:10.556+01:00It's the difference between knowing your shit,...It's the difference between knowing your shit, and knowing you're shit.John Meddhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10547777949324509522noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7633543688149775322.post-82543674017564764472017-07-28T21:44:34.380+01:002017-07-28T21:44:34.380+01:00Ooh I do love an oxford comma, and use them libera...Ooh I do love an oxford comma, and use them liberally over at my place although I am conscious of the fact that I may sometimes misplace them which could be picked up on by professionals like yourself (although you would probably be too kind to mention it).<br /><br />Liked Thea's song, a singer I have come to really enjoy.<br /><br />Discovered only last week that Dexys Midnight Runners don't use any apostrophes which is probably a good thing for the name of a band as would just look untidy but surely it should either be Dexy's or Dexys' - but which I wonder? Is Dexy a person or a place, or are there a groups of Dexys. These are the things that give me sleepless night but really shouldn't. Alysonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15671033552961486737noreply@blogger.com