I remember my mum reading out to me, ages ago, part of an interview with a writer of "romantic fiction". Said writer was attempting to defend herself against the charge that what she was writing was basically porn, but under a polite name.
She claimed that it wasn't porn, because it had semi-colons in. (I hope this was meant humorously, but was never sure). This has, however, become a metric of porn-ness ever since, so I'm pleased to see a ; cropping up here every now and again.
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Date: 2004-12-15 01:19 am (UTC)She claimed that it wasn't porn, because it had semi-colons in. (I hope this was meant humorously, but was never sure). This has, however, become a metric of porn-ness ever since, so I'm pleased to see a ; cropping up here every now and again.
I like semi-colons.