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August 14, 2012

Excessive Exclamation!!

I came across a great blog -- Excessive Exclamation!!  The blog is dedicated to posting photographs of signs that are excessively exclamatory.  For example:

"Please Pay FIRST!!"

Pleasepayfirst

Or my personal favorite:

"You are weerd!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

Youareweerd

The blog exposes something approaching an epidemic of ! usage and quotes F. Scott Fitzgerald's observation that "[a]n exclamation point is like laughing at your own jokes."  Visitors are encouraged to submit their own photos.  Submit yours today!!!!!

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Never mind photographs of signs. Exclamation points are all but mandatory in email correspondence. If you don't use an exclamation point (or a smiley face), you sound depressed.

Posted by: Mary Campbell Gallagher, J.D., Ph.D. | Aug 15, 2012 5:42:32 AM

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