No, mister, I reiterate that it is you who is mentally subpar—clearly you do not understand the legitimate use—among the others—of the em dash so as to simulate speech. We should now stop doing this—it is very gay.
2 years ago
Anonymous
Your mistake—of many—is assuming I mind this being very gay.
I first became aware of the em dash through the writing of Ed Anger in the Weekly World News. The first sentence of every column he wrote had an em dash preceding the punch line.
Along the lines of , with most fonts I think think the em dash looks best with a hair's-breadth of space (not a full space) on either side.
When I first began reading and writing in English I was surprised to find out that you use quotation marks as a way to describe dialogue. I don't know if this is more of an exception, but in Spanish dashes have always been used to present dialogue. So, for a while I'd write dialogue in English with dashes instead. Maybe Joyce was calling out to that method? He was a polyglot, after all.
I don't care, I'm not going to read your book anyway.
You, sir—you are a moron.
Well, sir, you are the moron—proven by your inability to properly use the em dash.
No, mister, I reiterate that it is you who is mentally subpar—clearly you do not understand the legitimate use—among the others—of the em dash so as to simulate speech. We should now stop doing this—it is very gay.
Your mistake—of many—is assuming I mind this being very gay.
I don't care, I'm not going to read your book anyway.
I love---LOVE---long dashes.
I don't care, I'm not going to read your book anyway.
Well - I would say that it's not a problem for me.
I use it whenever possible, my favorite punctuation mark for sure
You are all g-a-y
You know what?—I like it.
How-is-it-going-fellow-dash-chads
—卐—卐—卐—卐—卐—卐—卐—卐—卐—卐—卐—
Delillo uses them a lot - I like them.
Readers love the em dash, it makes things look clear
Em dashes are for Americans and Victorians. Advanced types – such as myself – go for the spaced en dash.
I first became aware of the em dash through the writing of Ed Anger in the Weekly World News. The first sentence of every column he wrote had an em dash preceding the punch line.
Along the lines of , with most fonts I think think the em dash looks best with a hair's-breadth of space (not a full space) on either side.
Dash/es are/is for gays/morons who can't/won't use right/proper punctuation.
Any punctuation that isn't a comma or period makes soulless pseuds seethe
>mfw James Joyce used dashes instead of quotation marks in Ulysses
>even would type —...
Joyce was all about aesthetics, so of course he used dashes instead of quotation marks
>—...
This one is top tier.
... said by a character speaks more to a reader than long descriptions
When I first began reading and writing in English I was surprised to find out that you use quotation marks as a way to describe dialogue. I don't know if this is more of an exception, but in Spanish dashes have always been used to present dialogue. So, for a while I'd write dialogue in English with dashes instead. Maybe Joyce was calling out to that method? He was a polyglot, after all.
speaking as a highly regarded author———————————————————————————and a painter———————————————————————————, I disagree.
>Nooooo you cant just put em dashes everywhere
Am———————————————————————————————I—————————————————————doing—————————————————————————————————This——————————————————————————————————————————Right—————————————————————————————————————?
I don't know how to type the em dash.