TEARS FOR ORLANDO. WHY DID HE HAVE THESE GUNS IN THE FIRST PLACE? WHY DID HE HAVE A JOB AS A SECURITY OFFICER WHEN THE FBI WAS WATCHING HIM?
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And on a lighter note:
I am NOT giving up the period, EVER.
Oh, boy, is mama steaming around after having read an article by the man who coaches the Shakespearean actors in England that the period—that little dot that we have used since writing was invented—is going the way of good English along with so many other elegant little touches of the past such as He and I are going out instead of Me and him are going out. For example. And don’t get mama started on ‘lay’ and ‘lie’…oh, boy.
One does not stop the growth (or death) of grammar or a language, and perhaps mama will get over it soon enough. I, for example, speak with a period at the end of every myow. Myow. Myow. Myow. Dinner time. And since I can’t send tweets or twits or sms-es or emails or even LETTERS (do others even write letters in these days?), I must have a period at the end of my speech or no one would know what the heck I am myowing about! And speaking of exclamation marks, they are about to bite the dust, too.
Who knows when? Maybe along with the question mark! Now if you count how many periods are in this blog (don’t bother, a waste of time) you will see that indeed the period does have its use and unless we are going to simply start writing without punctuation and just say everything we need to say without any stop or maybe if we just have nothing to say anyway (some tweets) and continue babbling on about this and that and what we had for breakfast or what we are allergic to or how the supermarket check out person was rude or how we have an itch on our elbow and can’t imagine what that might be, etc, then we are going to have to STOOP to using something that will END this verbal vomiting, PERIOD! Right?
So you don’t want to hear about this silliness? Fine. Or as the case may be Fine! Or with more emphasis FINE! Frankly, I love to write with good English in mind (my grandma was a teacher—mama’s mama) and they will have to drag me howling and myowing away from using it as well as I can with four paws on the keys
PERIOD!
So love your comments Loulou, both regarding weapons of mass destruction and punctuation. We need both commas and exclamation marks. And then next week it’s whether England will stay in the European Union and what it will mean for them and all of Europe if they decide to leave as that will mark the end of the relative harmony that has existed among these nations and possibly the end of the United Kingdom. A lot to worry about these days Loulou. It sends me calm though to see you all stretched out and resting after you write your daily comments.
Oh, thank you for those lovely words. And yes, the Brits had better really think twice before committing to a new life without the Union. It will not be a good day for any of us. I’ll try to stay relaxed and keep my head whilst all those around me are losing theirs.
That is very sad about what happened in Florida. I don’t understand why it is so easy for people to get an assault rifle.
I am with you on the period and question marks too. Most schools don’t even teach cursive writing anymore- how are people supposed to sign their names?
With a paw print, I guess. Thank you for sharing the lovely video of your smart kittie. And DAVID!
First we heard of that, but then we have never sent a text message. A period is “aggressive”? Okay, Microsoft……… We are feeling very aggressive over your Win 10 upchuck, er, “upgrade”.
I really am going to get mama to talk to our guru about HORRIBLE WINDOWS 10!!!! So sorry for your troubles, Jan. I’m sure the animals are staying way out of you way, haha.
What you talkin’ ’bout LouLou? MOL Me hasn’t heard anythin’ ’bout punctuation goin’ by da way side. While me may speak cat, me takes great purride in me’s punctuation; and it fur sure needs to be there so you can hear me’s state of mind. Fur instance, ifin me’s angry me must use all caps or at least an exclamation point. Me tweets, but not offen. Can you ‘magine chatty me keepin’ a limit to what me says? And then there’s all those ‘hash tags’ and abbreviations. Like anypawdy can actually read texts and tweets. MOL Anyways, me will have to keep me’s eyes out fur this bit of mews. MOL Luv your fotos as always.
Luv ya’
Dezi and Raena
Well, Dezi, you are NOT the one who will ever misuse punctuation. Your writing is so lovely and so descriptive and yes, you use very, very good English in your kitty talk. Imagine writing without periods, question marks and exclamation marks! And as 15andmeowing points out, they don’t even teach handwriting in schools any longer!!!