{"id":83,"date":"2007-03-12T23:18:09","date_gmt":"2007-03-12T23:18:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.spiderscripts.co.uk\/?p=83"},"modified":"2022-02-12T10:22:28","modified_gmt":"2022-02-12T10:22:28","slug":"punctuationectomy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/peteandemma.co.uk\/blog\/?p=83","title":{"rendered":"punctuationectomy!"},"content":{"rendered":"

I was just flicking through my new copy of PC Gamer, when I came across a gem which made me laugh out loud. PCG is filled with little tidbits of information and humour, and I have the utmost respect for the team of writers who consistently make their subject matter interesting and entertaining, as well as genuinely funny.<\/p>\n

Anyway, the thing which really made me laugh was this; in a review of a new game called S.T.A.L.K.E.R.<\/i>, the following sentence appeared:
\n“This is mainly because (punctuationectomy!) Stalker<\/i> approaches the genre…”<\/p>\n

I love that they just made up an excessively long word in order to shorten one! (although the shortened Stalker<\/i> is used throughout the review so the space saved is a lot more than that taken by their invention).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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