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Subject: Re: xkcd: University Commas
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On 10/9/2024 12:24 AM, Your Name wrote:
> On 2024-10-09 00:12:28 +0000, Michael Benveniste said:
>> On 10/8/2024 5:10 PM, Lynn McGuire wrote:
>>>
>>> I like and use the Oxford Comma.
>>>
>>> Explained at:
>>>    https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2995:_University_Commas
>>
>> Sometimes I use an Oxford Comma, and sometimes I don't.  It comes and
>> goes.  I guess you could say I'm a comma chameleon.
> 
> Or maybe you just sometimes fall into a comma coma. ;-)
> 
> Or had too many drinks with Lola at the Commacabana.  ;-)
> 

I've been seeing political lawn signs that read simply: ",-la"

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