# Great Milan and Lady Mondegreen **URL:** \ **Category:** Off-topic\ **Created:** [June 16, 2018, 7:43am UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/great-milan-and-lady-mondegreen/2813 "2018-06-16T07:43:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Someone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b77776/32.png) [@Someone](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/Someone)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2018, 9:16am UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/great-milan-and-lady-mondegreen/2813/43 "2018-08-07T09:16:36Z")
> [@Sushi](#): > > It is a rock with two holes in it. Is it allowed to climb on it (or nearby)? From your point of view it looks like it is/was far away? ---
**Author:** ![Sushi](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/sushi/32/163_2.png) [@Sushi](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/Sushi)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2018, 9:18am UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/great-milan-and-lady-mondegreen/2813/44 "2018-08-07T09:18:21Z")
Well, you can walk closer to it, but I hiked 13 km over mountain ridges already, so I didn’t bother to go the extra mile. I might revisit later and then I’ll try to get a better shot. I wouldn’t climb on it, though. ---
**Author:** ![Ema](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/ema/32/14101_2.png) [@Ema](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/Ema)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2018, 9:28am UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/great-milan-and-lady-mondegreen/2813/45 "2018-08-07T09:28:55Z")
Where are you? ---
**Author:** ![Someone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b77776/32.png) [@Someone](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/Someone)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2018, 9:31am UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/great-milan-and-lady-mondegreen/2813/46 "2018-08-07T09:31:00Z")
> [@Ema](#): > > Where are you? Obviously a zoo with elephants and huge snakes… 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Sushi](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/sushi/32/163_2.png) [@Sushi](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/Sushi)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2018, 9:33am UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/great-milan-and-lady-mondegreen/2813/47 "2018-08-07T09:33:25Z")
> [@Ema](#): > > Where are you? Somewhere with ~~little~~ few tourists and I’d like to keep it that way… 😉 ---
**Author:** ![PiecesOfKate](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/piecesofkate/32/93_2.png) [@PiecesOfKate](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/PiecesOfKate)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2018, 10:29am UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/great-milan-and-lady-mondegreen/2813/48 "2018-08-07T10:29:55Z")
> [@Ema](#): > > Damn discourse!! I purposely did put 4, and not 3 dots after that sentence… That’s because three is the technically correct amount for an ellipsis 😉 Crikey, did I just agree with Discourse? ---
**Author:** ![Someone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b77776/32.png) [@Someone](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/Someone)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2018, 10:33am UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/great-milan-and-lady-mondegreen/2813/49 "2018-08-07T10:33:55Z")
> [@PiecesOfKate](#): > > That’s because three is the technically correct amount for an ellipsis 😉 Not only a correct amount but also a special character. 😉 (Or in other words: The ellipsis is a special character and doesn’t consist of three single dots.) ---
**Author:** ![Sushi](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/sushi/32/163_2.png) [@Sushi](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/Sushi)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2018, 10:37am UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/great-milan-and-lady-mondegreen/2813/50 "2018-08-07T10:37:59Z")
That’s just optimisation of bytes. The real question is why @Ema wanted 4 dots specifically … ---
**Author:** ![Ema](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/ema/32/14101_2.png) [@Ema](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/Ema)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2018, 10:38am UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/great-milan-and-lady-mondegreen/2813/51 "2018-08-07T10:38:51Z")
Come on guys. I know that. But I WANTED 4 dots. The first three were an ellipsis. The fourth one a full stop. ---
**Author:** ![Sushi](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/sushi/32/163_2.png) [@Sushi](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/Sushi)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2018, 10:40am UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/great-milan-and-lady-mondegreen/2813/52 "2018-08-07T10:40:04Z")
> [@Ema](#): > > The first three were an ellipsis. The fourth one a full stop. But the Manual of Style says you shouldn’t! ---
**Author:** ![milanfahrnholz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cab0a1/32.png) [@milanfahrnholz](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/milanfahrnholz)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2018, 10:40am UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/great-milan-and-lady-mondegreen/2813/53 "2018-08-07T10:40:18Z")
One dot for each murder he committed. ✝✝✝✝🔫 ---
**Author:** ![Someone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b77776/32.png) [@Someone](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/Someone)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2018, 10:41am UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/great-milan-and-lady-mondegreen/2813/54 "2018-08-07T10:41:15Z")
> [@Sushi](#): > > That’s just optimisation of bytes. No, it’s called typography. 😉 > [@Sushi](#): > > But the Manual of Style says you shouldn’t! What @Sushi said! 😉 If you have an ellipsis at the end of a sentence you must not set a full stop. ---
**Author:** ![Ema](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/ema/32/14101_2.png) [@Ema](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/Ema)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2018, 10:42am UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/great-milan-and-lady-mondegreen/2813/55 "2018-08-07T10:42:11Z")
But [Bruno Munari](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruno_Munari) says I can. It’s a quote by him. Italian humour, I’m sorry 😅 > [@The "I can't sleep" thread](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/the-i-cant-sleep-thread/2438/90): > > Sorry, that’s in italian. But Google can do the magic. EDIT: added a link to Munari’s Wiki page ---
**Author:** ![Someone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b77776/32.png) [@Someone](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/Someone)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2018, 10:42am UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/great-milan-and-lady-mondegreen/2813/56 "2018-08-07T10:42:13Z")
> [@milanfahrnholz](#): > > One dot for each murder he committed. ✝ ✝ ✝ ✝ 🔫 😮 Who were these… people and who is next? ---
**Author:** ![milanfahrnholz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cab0a1/32.png) [@milanfahrnholz](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/milanfahrnholz)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2018, 10:42am UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/great-milan-and-lady-mondegreen/2813/57 "2018-08-07T10:42:30Z")
> [@Ema](#): > > The first three were an ellipsis. The fourth one a full stop. Do you also feel the need to put a full stop after a question mark?. That´s crazy!. ---
**Author:** ![Ema](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/ema/32/14101_2.png) [@Ema](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/Ema)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2018, 10:44am UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/great-milan-and-lady-mondegreen/2813/58 "2018-08-07T10:44:06Z")
> [@Someone](#): > > > [@milanfahrnholz](#): > > > > One dot for each murder he committed. ✝ ✝ ✝ ✝ 🔫 > > 😮 Who were these… people and who is next? The guy who framed me, obviously`.....` ---
**Author:** ![Someone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b77776/32.png) [@Someone](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/Someone)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2018, 10:44am UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/great-milan-and-lady-mondegreen/2813/59 "2018-08-07T10:44:21Z")
> [@milanfahrnholz](#): > > That´s crazy!. ¿Do we have people from Spain here? ---
**Author:** ![Sushi](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/sushi/32/163_2.png) [@Sushi](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/Sushi)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2018, 10:47am UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/great-milan-and-lady-mondegreen/2813/60 "2018-08-07T10:47:22Z")
The only one I can get angry with is that when I write a list it flags the trailing comma before the ellips as a grammatical error. Like: there’s Zak, MM, S&M, MI,… It should be MI… in some languages (English being one of them), but that is just illogical! ---
**Author:** ![tasse-tee](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/tasse-tee/32/4002_2.png) [@tasse-tee](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/tasse-tee)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2018, 10:47am UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/great-milan-and-lady-mondegreen/2813/61 "2018-08-07T10:47:56Z")
While we’re talking about punctuation marks **…** Which is correct: **?!** or **!?** I think it’s the first one. ---
**Author:** ![Sushi](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/sushi/32/163_2.png) [@Sushi](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/Sushi)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2018, 10:48am UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/great-milan-and-lady-mondegreen/2813/62 "2018-08-07T10:48:09Z")
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