Randy's Brain » Punctuation http://www.randysbrain.com 8 out of 10 people wonder how the hell they ended up here. Sat, 13 Mar 2010 00:52:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Where’s the punctuation? http://www.randysbrain.com/right_brain/musings/wheres-the-punctuation/ http://www.randysbrain.com/right_brain/musings/wheres-the-punctuation/#comments Thu, 29 May 2008 01:18:06 +0000 randy http://www.randysbrain.com/2008/05/28/wheres-the-punctuation/ I understand the point of a street sign is to convey a point in the fewest words possible, but have you ever wondered why there is no punctuation on signs? Wouldn’t a bright red sign with STOP! have more meaning than just STOP or would the over abundance of !s just make us numb to exclamations?

I leave you with the sign below. It is a prime candidate for punctuation. Is it suggesting that “slow” children are at the playground and I should beware of the little beggars? (Slow Children. Playground.) Since it’s a yellow sign are these children a hazard? (Slow Children! Playground.) Probably. Is it possibly confused or playing a word association game? (Slow? Children? Playground?) (To which I reply: Turtle, Loud, Jungle Gym) Or is it something deeper. (Go) Slow. (Be kind to) Children. (Play at the) Playground.

Slow Children Playground

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