Erratic Ellipses

El-lip-sis [i-lip-sis]: (plural ellipses; from the Greek: ελλειψις, élleipsis, "omission") is a term in printing and writing that refers to a mark or series of marks that usually indicate an intentional omission of a word or a phrase from the original text. An ellipsis can also be used to indicate a pause in speech, an unfinished thought or, at the end of a sentence, a trailing off into silence (aposiopesis).

The most common form of an ellipsis is a row of three periods or full stops (...). Forms encountered less often are: three asterisks (***), one em dash (—), multiple en dashes (––), and the Unicode Ellipsis symbol […]. 

The triple-dot punctuation mark is also called a suspension point, points of ellipsis, periods of ellipsis, or colloquially, dot-dot-dot.
 
Copied and pasted from Wikipedia, I kid you not. Of particular interest to me for the sake of this entry are those three small dots: “…”. I find it positively mind boggling that some people insist on using only two, as in: “..”. 

Hellooooo Grammar Police.

Ugh! Even as I’m writing this, Microsoft Word is underlining the aforementioned two dots with a green squiggle. Green squiggles mean something is wrong. Duh! All you have to do is right click and IT WILL AUTOCORRECT FOR YOU, easy-peasy-Japaneasy.

Technology: I heart thee.

Yes, I understand that most people do not write emails and Facebook status updates and wall posts in Word. I’ll give ya’ll that ¼ of an excuse to work with. But, unfortunately for you, the other ¾ of non-excuse blows that measly .25 out of the water.

Everyone, evvvvveryone, learns what an ellipsis is in middle school grammar. It’s one of the foundations of the English language. It should be crystal clear – if you are an avid reader of this here blog (thanks Papa P!) – that ellipses are an integral part of my writing. I use this convenient, neat little tool in its numerous forms – case in point – at least twenty-three times a day.

The Grammar Police part of me explodes, erupts, goes kablooey in a fit of madness when I see .. instead of … Really it does.

It takes a part of a fraction of a millisecond to strike the . key. A part of a fraction of a millisecond, people! Come on!

Repeat after me: dot-dot-dot.

Dankes!

Are You for Real, Rain?

Just a little addendum to my previous rain post.

I shan't dwell but seriously, WTFFFFFFFF??? I'm SO OVER THIS RAIN!!!

I think the only person in the entire world who likes rain is Michelle Carberry. Case in point:

Rain, rain, go awaaaay. Wamp wampity.

Sunglasses Sans Sun

What the hell happened to April showers bring May flowers? It’s the first of the month and thus far April showers seem to have brought nothing other than more May showers. WTFs? Me no likes.

Yes, yes. We all know I don’t very care much for NYC in the rain. Hard to believe that I hate sopping wet feet, frizzy hair, and drenched work clothes. However, there is there is one thing that really gets me going when it come to cloudy days. Aside, of course, from the fact that they seem to be here to stay.

I have today off (love my job!) so I was running errands all over the Village and SoHo. I was out the door early this morning, umbrella in hand. Throughout my downtown travels I counted 17 – seventeeeeeeen – people wearing sunglasses.

Really buddies? Really?

I don't get why some people feel the need to show off their shades when it's, well, shady. Not a sunbeam to be found in a sky full of rain and yet...and yet...they just HAVE to cover up in their Chanels.

Do they think they’re cool? Are they aspiring to be to be famous? Or at least insinuate that they are famous by hiding their (arguably faux, contact clad) baby blues? Come on peeps. I've seen Tom Brady in the Village on a rainy day and not even HE was wearing sunglasses - a really ugly sweatshirt, yes - that's what made me notice him after all - but no, he was sans sunnies.

It's positively blasphemous that people break out the ole dimmers when it's cloudy and rainy. Yes, yes, this is NYC - the Village at that - and people need to be all chic and alluring. But it's just so annoying that they strut around in their Ray-Bans when it's a-storming!

Wearing sunglasses sans sun is such oxymoron, ya morons! Can't you SEE that? Please, just put those precious shades away - save them for a sunny day.