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Thursday, October 30, 2008

"Phinally .... Phillies Win World Series!"

Posted by Bird @ 9:32 pm CDT
Filed under: General

That was the online headline over at USA Today last night. Before heading off to bed, I emailed the publication and told them that there is no such thing as a four-dot ellipses. Some editor dude emailed me back, promising to take a look. By the time I woke up in the morning they had changed it to a three-dot ellipses.

:ggeek:

*Update* Ancient Mariner told me I should have said "ellipsis" instead of "ellipses." I believe he's right.

:gwah:

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Comments on ""Phinally .... Phillies Win World Series!"":

1. Shrode - 10/30/2008 9:39 pm CDT

Good for you Bird!

Changing the world, one elipse at a time!

What a great story!

2. Jared - 10/30/2008 9:42 pm CDT

Awesome!

3. Bill - 10/30/2008 11:38 pm CDT

Very cool.

Also, for Houstonians out there, it was really nice to see Brad Lidge as "Lights Out" Lidge again, finishing off a PERFECT 48 for 48 saves season by pitching the last three outs of the world series, with the last out a strike out. Awesomely happy for that guy, and wondering why the Astros traded him.

4. Bird - 10/31/2008 6:21 am CDT

It's funny how Lidge just went into the tank after that Puhols homer that one year.

I'm happy for the guy. Too bad we don't have him anymore.

5. Paige - 10/31/2008 8:12 am CDT

Awesome, awesome, awesome. Ill-used ellipses always bother me. :P

6. The Ancient Mariner - 10/31/2008 8:59 am CDT

Of course, there's no such thing as a singular ellipses, either (it's "ellipsis") . . .

:)

(One good pedant deserves another.)

7. Bird - 10/31/2008 9:04 am CDT

Huh?

Are you talking about the individual dots? I think those are called ellipsis points, but not sure.

8. Bird - 10/31/2008 9:22 am CDT

Ok I get you now, AM. I updated the post. :-)

9. Bird - 10/31/2008 9:25 am CDT

By the way, AM, you should have capitalized "pedant" ...

Just kidding. I just wanted to feel better about myself.

:gbird:

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