tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13609842.post7727675914305133264..comments2023-10-30T09:26:32.732+00:00Comments on Now's the time: organic, two ways, commasAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06972049290586377462noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13609842.post-55756149961403955352010-03-23T16:40:58.479+00:002010-03-23T16:40:58.479+00:00On the whole it seems that virgule is a richer wor...On the whole it seems that virgule is a richer word than comma. I love La Virgule Flottante.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06972049290586377462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13609842.post-51324830072948998702010-03-23T15:16:03.781+00:002010-03-23T15:16:03.781+00:00When taking a wander down at the port on Sunday, I...When taking a wander down at the port on Sunday, I a boat caught my eye called 'La Virgule Flottante'. I rather wish I had photographed it now. A floating comma sounds a little like some punctuational faux pas, something like a dangling preposition...<br /><br />Checking in my somewhat old and out of date Oxford French dictionary, I found one could also have 'moustaches en virgules', a drooping moustache, which also sounds a bit like Proustian, or at least something a Proustian character might have sported. Unless of course it was a cliche figure of speech he couldn't abide, like raining ropes...Lucyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09764296105901909328noreply@blogger.com