Apparently, my ampersand is unusual. There's nothing like it on this page of 100 handwritten ampersands.But never mind that. Ever since I saw the play Charley's Aunt as a teenager, I have adored the phrase "flotsam and jetsam" but have never quite been able to work it into a conversation. (Flotsam is sea junk that floats, and jetsam is stuff that falls off of ships or is tossed off to lighten their loads.)
I can't recall where or why one of the female leads in Charley's Aunt said something about being tossed aside "like so much flotsam and jetsam." Is there a thespian in the house?
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It's so funny that you should bring that up. That is the chapter in The Lord of the Rings that I reached last night.
Oh! I had forgotten that was a chapter title in LOTR. But then, it's been about two decades since I last read the books....
Here's a discussion at Ask MetaFilter about ampersands:
http://ask.metafilter.com/98878/How-to-write-ampersands-by-hand
There's a lot of the "rules are rules" theory that you discuss in your Monday post about the writers group. Your ampersand wouldn't fly with some of the folks at AskMeFi.
I saw your blog at The Presurfer. I'm hoping mine will show up soon, as well.
Good link, Byron. Thanks for sharing it. And thanks for clicking over from The Presurfer. I got a nice little thrill when I visited there this morning and saw my own blog featured.
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