Honestly! I google 'Nursery Rhymes' because I'm thinking I might ruin a few for people by adapting them, just for something to do. Up comes 'Baa Baa Black Sheep'. I click on that to get the rhyme, and it takes me straight to a website featuring Italian women in skimpy underwear and a big flashing message saying, 'I am Lolita and if you call me right now, we can do lots of sexy talk.' Well, Lolita, I am Fran, and if I called you right now, I'm afraid sexy talk would not be on the agenda, but just to pep up your night, I could run you through the basics of semicolons, the apostrophe, and the difference between the active and passive voice. Hey! Am I onto something here? If I set up a chatline, offering advice on grammar, but in a husky-husky voice, would I get many takers? I could give it a go, because I've just had a cold, and am at that stage where you sound like a woman in a Bond movie, until, that is, you start coughing like a woman in a...
I thought it was going to be about the lower intestine. I stand corrected. ;-)
ReplyDeleteI'm not half as bothered by bowels as I am by missing punctuation....
DeleteI will join your movement - I am a serious dasher!
ReplyDeleteAnna :o]
No, no, no! Dashers not allowed in! Only colon-users....
DeleteI was afraid this would be about a colonoscopy. I love the colon and the semicolon, and I promise to use them correctly at all times.
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Janie
Then you are extremely welcome, Janie J ...
DeleteI have no idea how to use a colon, or semi colon. I am sure I was taught how at my late 50's/early 60's girls' grammar school, but never used the knowledge for many years ( why would you..? ) and now I am commenting on blogs and writing emails I am sure I should using them instead of a line of dots..........see ! Teach me !
ReplyDeleteFor commenting on blogs or writing emails, you can get on very well without them! Carry on doing what you're doing, and if you get asked to write a formal letter to the Queen, ask me again to teach you!
DeleteGreat stuff, Fran. Have shared the video on the Poetry24 FB page.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Martin!
DeleteBrilliant! Yes, of course I use colons and semi colons. They make me look like a proper writer: (or is it;?) I hope!
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