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The distinctive 'UCLA comma' and 'Michigan comma' are a long string of commas at the start and end of the sentence respectively.

https://explainxkcd.com/2995/

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[–] reallykindasorta@slrpnk.net 13 points 1 year ago

mac, and, cheese

[–] AceBonobo@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Whoever wrote the explanation for this one went ALL OUT. Seriously impressive.

[–] Semjaza@lemmynsfw.com 3 points 1 year ago

for example, the very idea of a "Brown comma" might more readily resonate with the concept of the Brown note.

Whoever it was, well played.

[–] Hamartiogonic@sopuli.xyz 4 points 1 year ago

Time to make a new text expansion: “ “=“, ” This way, every time you hit space, you also get a comma.

[–] AlexKnauth@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yale, I beg you, please turn your "Yale Comma" into a Yale Colon

[–] mindaika@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 1 year ago

“Yale Colon” seems like something you get first year by eating in Connecticut

[–] Etterra@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I'd never heard of the Cambridge or Princeton commas. Assuming this isn't just a joke and they really exist, they can both go fuck themselves. Also that Cornell, needs to be a semicolon.