This gave me a chuckle this morning...

[leyna]

"Clearly, men find the em dash a reassuring phallic symbol, while the semicolon reawakens their Freudian castration anxiety. What better way to cope with penis envy than to make frequent use of the semicolon?"

more gems in the article :
http://www.salon.com/life/broadsheet/2008/08/21/girly_semicolon/index.html

 

[mynameisben]

"Clearly, men find the em dash a reassuring phallic symbol, while the semicolon reawakens their Freudian castration anxiety. What better way to cope with penis envy than to make frequent use of the semicolon?"

more gems in the article :
http://www.salon.com/life/broadsheet/2008/08/21/girly_semicolon/index.html

Girls are most prone to overusing the exclamation mark before they get their period.

 

[leyna]

Girls are most prone to overusing the exclamation mark before they get their period.

nice 1

 

[Handley_Page]

"Clearly, men find the em dash a reassuring phallic symbol, while the semicolon reawakens their Freudian castration anxiety. What better way to cope with penis envy than to make frequent use of the semicolon?"

more gems in the article :
http://www.salon.com/life/broadsheet/2008/08/21/girly_semicolon/index.html

Clearly, the feminist writer needs to find new ways of twisting the language to her own ends.