Comments on: What do you mean by that?!?

By: jkw

jkw — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 20:30:09 +0000

Admin Issues: What’s up with the “K”? Made me laugh. It reminded me of a story from years ago when my oldest boy, Brian, was about 4 or 5. Brian and I were at the park playing when another little 5 year old boy we had never met before began to play with us. We came to find out that his name was also Brian. The little boys mom walked over to Brian and said, “So, your name is Brian too. Do you spell your name with a “Y” or an “I”? Brian lifted his little blond head, looked at her quizzically, thought for a minute and said, “I spell my name with a B”.

I hope I haven’t confused the concept and context articulation of your blog or your objective to showcase and celebrate creative solutions by sharing this story.
( I know I don’t even use the punctuation that we already have correctly). I also would add a smiley face but don’t know how.

By: AJB

AJB — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 02:12:27 +0000

Well, hmmm… I kinda feel un-worthy to comment. OK, I’ll comment. I can absolutely relate to your comment in “About this blog: Everything has a creative component, and the makings of truly stunning innovations are literally swirling all around you. Those who can recognize and understand the dynamics behind creativity and innovation will be better able to invite successful solutions into their work and life.” (thank goodness for Ctrl-C and Ctrl-V…). Loosely speaking, that’s been the staple of my existence over the past eight years at SMC. I just show up every day, look around at my surroundings, and try to help via helping others think (rare commodity, both thinking, and since I’m now thinking about it, common sense…). …regarding punctuation… I think you should introduce a new punctuation character related to sarcasm based on an oriental character set. My friend Mark W. would be more than happy to help. Gotta be careful however, you might want to have the recommendation independently verified before subjecting it to public scrutiny. That Mark has a markedly marked sense of houmor…

By: Pam Griffith

Pam Griffith — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 18:48:36 +0000

I share your enthusiasm for more punctuation! Perhaps we can start a trend by using new symbols and evolve our limited grammar. How about an ”ø” following a sarcastic comment.

Pam

By: Karl Schweikart

Karl Schweikart — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 17:29:01 +0000

Great start> George Orwell of course showed the power of controlling – and limiting – the number of words in the language+

As to punctuation, are not emoticons, txt abbrvtns (lol), etc. attempts to fill in those missing communication blanks?^

By: Deb

Deb — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 22:35:26 +0000

Excellent post! I want to also see this on those sites that follow/recommend blogs, and in a couple of newspapers and magazines…