Death by punctuation

Language Log 2026-06-03

Summary:

Elle Cordova's latest short: The cast includes Detective Question Mark, Mr. Question Mark, Madame Quotation, Professor Ellipsis, Miss Dash, Reverend Apostrophe, Dr. Parenthesis, Lady Comma, Lord Period, and Colonel Colon. Along with a few jokes and many tributes, the 2,325 comments also mention some other characters, e.g. "All the while not noticing that the long-suffering […]

Link:

https://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=73673&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=death-by-punctuation

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Tags:

humor

Authors:

Mark Liberman

Date tagged:

06/03/2026, 09:36

Date published:

06/03/2026, 09:32