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Septaglyph punctuation?
Topic Started: Sep 7 2006, 08:23 AM (400 Views)
estelendur
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Does or will septaglyph punctuation exist in the foreseeable future? Because I've been writing things in septaglyphs - paragraphs, even - and it would be much much easier to read and understand if there was punctuation.
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chluaid
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Bitey's Daddy
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You can add or use punctuation however you see fit.. as yet there are no rules against using question marks, commas, period or exclamation points.

The only real rule about punctuation as yet is that the position of the verb in the phrase usually denotes whether or not it's a statement or a question. For example, the verb in the following phrase is "go":

Statement: verb is used as normal:
You are going tonight
= Dm m ll drr smd

Question: verb comes first:
Are you going tonight?
= Drr dm smd

This is the same as saying "HAVE you any money?" instead of "Do you HAVE any money?" English has developed poorly in many places and is filled with redundancies, inconsistencies and contradictions.

'do' and 'have' are both verbs, so to say "do you have.." is bad english and inefficient. Same with:
'are' and 'going'.. so to say "are you going.." is also inefficient. This is why we go with a more universal way of constructing questions, and that is word order.

Again, to answer your question, there's no harm in using punctuation in your septaglyphs :++:
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manamaster
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smd means "night", does it not? the online translator says dms is today :huh:
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chluaid
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oops, yep typo there. Good catch.. I've corrected it.

btw, for anyone who doesn't know:
the word dms means both "day" and "today"
just like smd means both "night" and "tonight"
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estelendur
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Thanks. ^^
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