Unnecessary Exclamation Marks are Erotic

[Guest]

Other reasons exclamation marks are erotic:

They're naughty. Normal, polite people aren't allowed to overuse them

They're jarring. If the reader was drifting off, he has to snap to attention.

They're phallic, as already pointed out. Other punctuation marks are phallic too (the percentage sign comes to mind) but the exclamation mark is almost blatant.

Speaking of phallic punctuation, the letter B is extremely hot.

Hehehe!

This is my kind of writerly thread.

You should write a How To: "Erotic Punctuation"

 

[domjoe]

Speaking of phallic punctuation, the letter B is extremely hot.

B

(made you cum)

 

[Guest]

o + l =

 

[Lauren Hynde]

I always thought that ?! was a legitimate punctuations mark.

I think it is as well! When I'm editing Colly's stories, I always left them in, and even introduce a few more if they're needed ("What the fuck?!" comes to mind). It's the !?!, the !!! and the ??? that I don't let her get away with.

 

[BlackShanglan]

They're jarring. If the reader was drifting off, he has to snap to attention.

Only works if you use them sparingly. Otherwise, it just sounds like yelling or like a frantic puppy.

Dr. M., as is often the case, dead on with the use outside of dialogue. I had not thought it through as a rule, but think you entirely correct.

Shanglan

 

[BlackShanglan]

They're jarring. If the reader was drifting off, he has to snap to attention.

Only works if you use them sparingly. Otherwise, it just sounds like yelling or like a frantic puppy.

Dr. M., as is often the case, dead on with the use outside of dialogue. I had not thought it through as a rule, but think you entirely correct.

Shanglan

 

[carsonshepherd]

Only works if you use them sparingly. Otherwise, it just sounds like yelling or like a frantic puppy.

Dr. M., as is often the case, dead on with the use outside of dialogue. I had not thought it through as a rule, but think you entirely correct.

Shanglan

John Gardner severely frowns on the use of exclamation points outide dialogue. But in dialogue "Anything goes!"

 

[Guest]

John Gardner severely frowns on the use of exclamation points outide dialogue. But in dialogue "Anything goes!"

Good grief, Carson, when did you become so rigid (not a pun)? I don't like men who frown severely.

Perdita

 

[Guest]

Hi Perdita


(Severe frowning can be very sexy, at the right moment. )

 

[domjoe]

Good grief, Carson, when did you become so rigid (not a pun)? I don't like men who frown severely.

Perdita

I frown merrily. Is that ok?

 

[Guest]

I frown merrily. Is that ok?

O, yes, I love merry men. Do you wear tights too? Yummy. P.

 

[carsonshepherd]

John Gardner severely frowns on the use of exclamation points outide dialogue. But in dialogue "Anything goes!"

I don't frown severely, Gardner does.

 

[Guest]

I don't frown severely, Gardner does.

I can read, pup. But you quoted him like he was the pope or summat (I've learned Yorkshire recently). Put that frownie away now. P.

 

[domjoe]

carson, you're a begging German Shepherd suffering from rabies.

You're cute and terrifying at the same time.

(Idea for story...)

 

[carsonshepherd]

carson, you're a begging German Shepherd suffering from rabies.

You're cute and terrifying at the same time.

(Idea for story...)

 

[Guest]

carson, you're a begging German Shepherd suffering from rabies.

You're cute and terrifying at the same time.

(Idea for story...)

Then again, maybe not.

 

[carsonshepherd]

Then again, maybe not.

Not bad for a sig line though! Thanks Dad

 

[domjoe]

I keep telling you not to call me that. Just think of me as a good friend who occasionally likes you to jump for bonios.

 

[Guest]

I keep telling you not to call me that. Just think of me as a good friend who occasionally likes you to jump for bonios.

I thought you were juan for a moment there. I read that as, "... who occasionally likes to jump your bonios."

 

[carsonshepherd]

Uhhh. What is a bonio, because I think I reallllly read that wrong...

 

[domjoe]

I thought you were juan for a moment there. I read that as, "... who occasionally likes to jump your bonios."

¿Ay caramba!? -- outed!

 

[domjoe]

Uhhh. What is a bonio, because I think I reallllly read that wrong...

I'll find you a piccy....


http://www.bobthedog.freeserve.co.uk/Gem_Gaby.jpg

 

[Guest]

¿Ay caramba!? -- outed!

Firm evidence, at last! I had my suspicions for a while.

 

[carsonshepherd]

I'll find you a piccy....

Read that wrong too...

 

[domjoe]

I'll find you a piccy....


http://www.bobthedog.freeserve.co.uk/Gem_Gaby.jpg