Phonetic punctuation
How would you punctuate the following text?
In the open window there suddenly came light Beautiful Eleanor sat alone dreaming of but one thing two years had passed since she had met Sir Henry she could still remember the unhappy evening when her father had thrown him out they had been sitting in the park and Henry had said Darling is this the first time you have loved she had answered yes but it is so wonderful that I hope it will not be the last suddenly she heard a well-known sound it was he in two strides he was near her embraced kissed and caressed her Henry what is love she asked he answered well I couldn't live without it she asked where have all your thoughts been this while He answered with thee my maiden suddenly he was gone all she heard was the well-known sound of his departing horse
I bet you wouldn't punctuate it like Victor Borge:
I'm quite relieved that Borge's idea of phonetic punctuation hasn't taken off! I think it's tricky enough to remember where to put the commas in written English.
With the March Spotlight, we're giving away a handy little 20-page booklet that explains how to use commas, quotation marks, semicolons and all the other tricky punctuation marks.
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I would like to utter some critique.
Where are the blogs like this one:
http://www.spotlight-online.de/blogs/dagmar-taylor/the-sperm-donor-who-g...
when I was not only smiling, but laughing my little slim rear side off?
Today there is not even one!?