Thursday 23 January 2020

who gives a damn about an oxford comma

We really enjoyed these pedantic punishments meted out for linguistic sins by John Rauschenberg, especially those condemned to Limbo by dint of an over zealous auto-correct, the separate hell for abusers of apostrophes, other casters of aspersions and the below bit of compulsive preciousness:


Second Circle: 
The Serial Comma 

One half of this circle is populated by souls who are cursed to make arguments that nobody cares about except their own mothers, howling gorgons and the infernal mistresses of hell. The other half are cursed to make arguments that nobody cares about except their own mothers, howling gorgons, and the infernal mistresses of hell. The difference between these two situations seems to matter a lot to both halves. Neither side will listen to you when you suggest that they could avoid this level entirely.