quote:Originally posted by Rick:“This book” was a U.K. #1 bestseller – is there a relationship between the popularity of this book and the popularity of cricket in England?quote:this book!
Interspersing her lessons with bits of history (the apostrophe dates from the 16th century; the first semicolon appeared in 1494)
What a page-turner! It will be difficult to wait for the movie. I wonder who will play the parts of the punctuation marks. Perhaps the acting credits will be something like:
Arnold Schwarzenegger as !
Alex Trebek as ?
The Joker as Alex’s understudy
still casting for the roles of ’, :, ;, ., and ,.
Just wait for the sequel, Rick
I think that Lynne Truss's humour may get missed in the USA, as all humour is very national, nay, even regional.
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It appears reality imitates humor, or something along those lines. BBC radio productions has/had(?) a “hit series” about punctuation titled “Cutting a Dash” – I’m not making this up. Looks like Big Bird is going to have competition for the Oscar.
Did not hear of that one.
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I have learned that Greek dramatists gave the world the comma, colon, and period – fascinating. And, I mistakenly thought the Brits were somewhat boring.
Some are, some are not. Probably just like Americans.
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This book has over 400 Amazon reviews, PLUS has a 4 star rating – that has to make the Brits proud.
Sadly, we are not high on national pride here.
We have Dickens, Rowling, Peake as well.