So you know how, when you want to express enthusiasm or agreement with something someone else has said and you yell out “hear, hear!”?
Hmm. Or do you yell out “here, here!”? 407 more words
Tags » Exclamation
The full stop
(Source: www.businesstimes.com.sg)
“A period, as opposed to, for example, a smiley at the end of a message is seen as being rude or abrupt. It is perhaps an indication that the sender is angry.” 1,819 more words
Exclamation[!], affirmation[.] or interrogation[?] as personalities and their power-game in conversation
I put a categorisation of personalities in conversation and this categorisation comes with three subgroups: exclamation, affirmation and interrogation. It is a linguistic analysis of daily conversation that reflects personalities on the table. 831 more words
Take a shot every time I use an exclamation mark!
Mainly because it means I don’t have to write anything new, and partly because I think it will entertain you, here is (probably) the best thing I’ve ever written – I showed it to my teacher and got a star sticker put on it, if you need proof of the standard. 150 more words
Addendum
It has just come to my attention, that perhaps when I wrote the last blog I gave the impression that I only ever give people three chances. 307 more words
Shout
Yeah, I know it’s Friday. But like I said before, weddings happen. So let’s skip the bickering.
I get heated about a lot of Writing “Wednesday” topics, but this one is easily Top 5. 379 more words
"Just Be Happy"
“Just Be Happy”
oh…oh my god…
How have I not known all these years?
That the answer to a clinically diagnosed disorder
has always been so simple… 71 more words
