Chapter Seven, The New World — In colonial America, a new wave of innovators were eager to shake off the hidebound traditions of Europe and experiment with new forms of punctuation. Among these was a then-enterprising printer named Benjamin Franklin Gothic Condensed, who, inspired by his cat Fizziwinkle, combined an apostrophe, a question mark, and the popular “long s” (ƒ) into a unique mark he named the “catastrophe.”
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HAHAHAHAHA!!!!
That’s all I got.
Thanks, Mike, for the laugh!
This is such a great picture!
Oh Mike Mike Mike…such awesomeness that comes from your brain. I so LOVE this!! And Fizziwinkle…🤣🤣
Thank you so much for this site!!
Utter genius in every way!
“Benjamin Franklin Gothic Condensed,” great googly-moogly!
Ha! It even gets better!! I just read the hovertext!! “Used to indicate the extremely possessive”! 🤣🤣
I just love the history lessons I learn here. Too bad they didn’t have this stuff when I was back in high school, would have made class less boring.
Fantastic history and glorious picture! Long cat is LONG. And curly. And extremely possessive.
PS belly scritchies to kitkat
They do say that crises can bring out the best in people. Here, NTMTOM is at top form, entertaining us through the pandemic.
That curled tail is killing me
Perfection Mr. Mike.
I can’t wait to use it. Where do I find it on my keyboard?