Punctuation Archives – A Way with Words

Quote Unquote vs. Quote End Quote

Posted by Grant Barrett on July 10, 2021 · Add Comment

The Meaning of Ending Messages with Ellipses

Posted by Grant Barrett on May 1, 2021 · Add Comment

Abbreviating Titles and Initialisms Throughout the Anglosphere

Posted by Grant Barrett on January 23, 2021 · Add Comment

Getting Backslash Mixed Up With Forward Slash

Posted by Grant Barrett on November 14, 2020 · Add Comment

Deviled Eggs (episode #1554)

Posted by Grant Barrett on September 14, 2020 · Add Comment

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The Light Oath “Criminently”

Posted by Grant Barrett on September 12, 2020 · Add Comment

Megan in Denver, Colorado, wonders about an exclamation she’s used all her life, which she suspects is spelled criminiddly. It’s another variant of that mild oath criminently, also rendered as criminetly, criminitlies, crimenightie, criminy, crime in Italy, and several other versions, all which are substitutes for exclaiming Christ! or Christ Almighty! This is part of [...]
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