punctuation nr i asked you what your favourite punctuation mark was, saying mine was the em dash. you loved the question and responded that yours was the semicolon. this was our very first exchange. i don't think of you nearly as much anymore, but when i see a semicolon used properly, it sometimes brings you to mind. 220413 ... nr i took a "what punctuation mark are you?" quiz once, and it said i was the question mark. 220413 ... past my favourite is a set of square brackets, i think. i use them for editorial assertions when hand writing or note taking [how absurd!] 220414 ... raze it might be the em dash for me too. there's an elegance about it that never fails to grab me. i've always been happy blather recognizes it (most of the time). 220414 what's it to you? who go blather from