grammar
National Grammar Day
Good morning, comrades, and happy National Grammar Day!
Please celebrate National Grammar Day responsibly, by reading the POV on this holiday offered by the Language Log, one of our favorite blogs on writing and grammar, and by following our usage guide when using your favorite old-but-new punctuation mark.
Ok, and you can also watch the crazy Grammar Day video, if you really, really must:
notes from the front lines of the revolution: day 1
Yesterday, comrades, the sun shone brightly on the revolution! The day started with remarkable progress in the European Theater.
Comrade naseeral of Sweden tweeted:
Haha! @opensarcasm lanserar gratisalternativ till #sarcmark: ett upp- och nervänt utropstecken. ¡
Which roughly translates to:
Haha! @ opensarcasm introduces free alternative to #sarcmark: an up-and inverted exclamation point. ¡
And his countryman Comrade DMRsweden soon chimed in:
Detta har jag längtat efter¡ Screw you #sarcmark! http://opensarcasm.org/ (tack för tipset @naseeral)
Which Google translates as:
That I have longed for¡ Screw you #sarcmark! http://opensarcasm.org/ (thanks for the tip @ naseeral)
Well put, our Swedish friends.
Later in the day, Comrade Jared Newman of Technologizer brought word of our humble movement to his readers:
A month ago, a company called SarcMark began selling a special punctuation of the same name, intended to denote Sarcasm. As some of our commenters pointed out, punctuation shouldn’t cost money, and SarcMark was charging $2 for the privilege.
Now, a group called Open Sarcasm is staging a protest to crush SarcMark and replace it with an upside-down exclamation mark (¡), which text fields already recognize and doesn’t cost a dime.
A day of great progress for the freeing of sarcasm, indeed! Today, our struggle continues.
Welcome to the Open Sarcasm Revolution
Open Sarcasm is a global revolutionary movement driven by the abiding, fundamental belief that sarcasm must be free. To that end, we bring you the Open Sarcasm Point (¡) and the Open Sarcasm Manifesto. Our goal is to free sarcasm from the chains of the capitalists who wish to charge you for your wit.
Join the Sarcasm Liberation Army by purchasing Authorized Open Sarcasm Wear from the Official Open Sarcasm Store, or by making a donation to support the cause.*
You can also send us an electronic missive in the revolutionary spirit: jointherevolution <at> opensarcasm <dot> org
Sarcasmists of the world, unite!
* Please note: Open Sarcasm is NOT a Non-Profit or a Not-for-Profit Organization. We happen to be unprofitable, but we are not a charity. Donations are accepted to defray the costs of web hosting and domain registration and are not tax-deductible.
