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Does the . . . bother you? It bothers my man. He hates it. I on the other hand love it. I wasn't sure exactly what it meant so I went to Wikipedia and here's what I found.
Ellipsis (plural ellipses; from the Greek: ἔλλειψις, élleipsis, "omission") is a mark or series of marks that usually indicate an intentional omission of a word or a phrase from the original text. An ellipsis can also be used to indicate a pause in speech, an unfinished thought, or, at the end of a sentence, a trailing off into silence (aposiopesis) (apostrophe and elipsis mixed). The ellipsis calls for a slight pause in speech.
The most common form of an ellipsis is a row of three periods or full stops (...) or pre-composed triple-dot glyph (…).The way the ellipsis is supposed to be written is ". . ." with a space between each period, per new Modern Language Association (MLA) standards.The ellipsis is one of the favorite constructions of internet chat rooms, and has evolved over the past ten years into a staple of text-messaging. Though an ellipsis is technically complete with three periods (...), its rise in popularity as a "trailing-off" or "silence" indicator, particularly in mid-20th century comic strip and comic book prose writing, has led to expanded uses online. It has been used in new ways online, sometimes at the end of a message "to signal that the rest of the message is forthcoming." [6]
Today, extended ellipsis of two, seven, ten, or even dozens of periods have become common constructions in internet chat rooms and text messages.[7] Often the extended ellipses indicate an awkward silence or a "no comment" response to the previous statement made by the other party. They are sometimes used jokingly or for emphatic confusion about what the other person has said.
I find that very interesting... :)
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American Idol is on again tonight. I hope the girls will be a little better than last week. I wasn't impressed at all! Give us some good music girls!!!!
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Last week on KLOVE, Lisa Willimas and Eric Allen did a week long special on The Five Love Languages by Dr. Gary Chapman. I've read this book off and on over the past 6 months, but had put it down to read other things. KLOVE posted a quiz online to find out your love language. Not to my surprise, I received the highest score of 12 for physical touch. I am a touchy kind of girl. :) But my man took the quiz and found out his love language is time. We both scored our second as words of affirmation, which is a good place to start. :) My man isn't a very touchy kind of guy. He shows his love in other ways...and I'm learning to appreciate those ways...speaking to each other in our love languages can be difficult sometimes, but I know that we love each other enough to make the effort. If you haven't read it or know anything about it, I encourage you to look it up...check it out at the library or buy it online.
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We have a list about as long as the earth with places we want to travel to, and things we want to do before we die. Not really a bucket list but a life list of adventure we hope to have. We LOVE traveling and hope to make it a permanent part of our lives. We have places like Seattle, Boston, Chicago, California, Colorado, Minnesota, far away places like Germany, Switzerland, France, Italy, Russia, exotic places like Hawaii, India, South America, Greece, and so much more on our list. I can't wait to start traveling. :)
Do you have a list? If not I dare you to write down a few things you want to do before you die and see just how long that list gets.
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