Thursday, August 31, 2006

THE PREGNANT PAUSE ELLIPSIS

My friend Susan, who edits books for a living, wrote this in an email to me today:


"You use the pregnant pause ellipsis the running dots at the end and in the middle like you're pondering the idea."

That's exactly what I do, just didn't know it actually had a name until today.

For instance, in thinking about making a difficult miniature quilt again: Hmmm....

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