{"id":22929,"date":"2019-12-03T07:00:55","date_gmt":"2019-12-03T13:00:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/library\/?p=22929"},"modified":"2019-12-01T19:33:32","modified_gmt":"2019-12-02T01:33:32","slug":"new-stuff-tuesday-december-3-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/library\/archives\/22929","title":{"rendered":"New Stuff Tuesday – December 3, 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
\"Semicolon<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Semicolon: The Past, Present, and Future of a Misunderstood Mark<\/strong>
by Cecelia Watson
New Arrivals Island, 2nd Floor
PE1450 .W38 2019<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The semicolon?! Perhaps you are thinking it was a slow day at the New Arrivals Island. That the selections ranged from dry as dust<\/em> to impossibly insipid<\/em>, causing me to pause at the spot of brightness on the cover of this book. But no, the unassuming semi;colon was actually wedged in between some promising fare: The Lady from the Black Lagoon: Hollywood Monsters and the Lost Legacy of Milicent Patrick<\/a><\/em> and Sitcommentary: Television Comedies that Changed America<\/em><\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

But I figured these flashy titles would actually get some facetime with readers, while a biography of the lowly semi;colon might have a harder time attracting an audience. So here it is – in all its glory: the semi;colon. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

On page 2 I learned that the semi;colon was invented by the Italians in the fifteenth century. Since they invented spaghetti and gelato, too, I think we’re onto something. Novelist Kurt Vonnegut, on the other hand, disparaged the semi;colon and its users in most frank language that I dare not repeat (that’s on pp. 1-2 if you want to read the juicy part).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But this amusing little book is really about bigger issues of how grammar and punctuation help us communicate. And as I browsed through it, I found a number of pencil marks on what I thought would be its pristine pages. So it has already shared its life with a reader; my choice is vindicated!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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