A question posed with love

[seraphcelene]

What is your favorite form of punctuation?

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[lettered.livejournal.com]

Semi-colon, hands down. I probably love it because I know how to use it correctly and no one else seems to. But there could be other reasons.

Second favorite? Colon, which I am sure about how to use but like to throw about (I almost always go back and erase them afterwards).

Least favorite? Hyphen! I never ever know when to put one.

Why do you ask.

[seraphcelene]

Hyphens are always problematic little buggers.

Why do you ask.

I just read The History of Love by Nicole Krauss and their is a quote somewhere in the book about being in love and the important things you know about people and the things that you don't know but maybe should that are loss when that person dies. Like favorite punctuation. I don't remember the exact quotation and, unfortunately, I didn't write it down, but I asked the question right after reading it.

[lettered.livejournal.com]

Huh. That's interesting. I guess because I don't think lots of people have favorite punctuation, and I don't think it's something I would miss about someone. I would miss other insignificant details. Stuff like how they fold their t-shirts and whether they like . . . Jesus, I just had to ask Kris whether she liked whipped cream. I would be sad if she died and I didn't know!

[seraphcelene]

lol! I don't think people generally have favorite punctuation. I don't, but somehow I liked the idea of knowing such a small and random thing about someone. I never know enough of those things about people. I always seem to remember, and miss, tactile things like the way they hug or smell.