Standing on Points: A Cultural History of Punctuation
Florence Hazrat
19 episodes
1 week ago
What this podcast is *not*: a rule guide on proper punctuation.
We'll only conjure the ghost of grammar in order to put it to rest.
What this podcast *is*: a journey through the weird behaviour of punctuation in the wild. Be prepared to amble on the placid path of the comma, get lost on the winding road of brackets, and arrive at the well-deserved rest of the full stop.
Along the way, we'll explore the past & future of punctuation, why a comma sparked the Russian Revolution, how to earn millions with a semicolon, and what your favourite mark says about you.
Mind your dots & dashes!
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What this podcast is *not*: a rule guide on proper punctuation.
We'll only conjure the ghost of grammar in order to put it to rest.
What this podcast *is*: a journey through the weird behaviour of punctuation in the wild. Be prepared to amble on the placid path of the comma, get lost on the winding road of brackets, and arrive at the well-deserved rest of the full stop.
Along the way, we'll explore the past & future of punctuation, why a comma sparked the Russian Revolution, how to earn millions with a semicolon, and what your favourite mark says about you.
Mind your dots & dashes!
Standing on Points: A Cultural History of Punctuation
53 minutes 44 seconds
4 years ago
Any Questions?
What's the right size of a dog? Do you look forward to being a pensioner? Are you using a basket for picknicking? What did you do at bandcamp? Do you mind my asking so many questions?
If you're looking for answers, stop listening. If you are curious about the origin of questions and the questionmark, tune in. In this episode, I'm exploring the history of the sign, how it entered writing in the Middle Ages, and what it's doing in literature, and I'm also thinking about "uptalk" - I mean uptalk?
Standing on Points: A Cultural History of Punctuation
What this podcast is *not*: a rule guide on proper punctuation.
We'll only conjure the ghost of grammar in order to put it to rest.
What this podcast *is*: a journey through the weird behaviour of punctuation in the wild. Be prepared to amble on the placid path of the comma, get lost on the winding road of brackets, and arrive at the well-deserved rest of the full stop.
Along the way, we'll explore the past & future of punctuation, why a comma sparked the Russian Revolution, how to earn millions with a semicolon, and what your favourite mark says about you.
Mind your dots & dashes!
