Cecelia Watson

Historian and Philosopher of Science; Bard College Scholar in Residence; Author of Semicolon: The Past Present, and Future of a Misunderstood Mark.

[Cecelia Watson @ceceliawatson]

Accidentally scored a comma into my bread, then cut it open to find a giant comma in the crumb. This must be how religious people feel when they see Jesus on their pancakes.

[Cecelia Watson @ceceliawatson]

@BCDreyer Just saw it! I was plussed— er, PLEASED— to read your analysis.

[Cecelia Watson @ceceliawatson]

@BCDreyer I was nonplussed a few years ago upon learning that I had been misusing “nonplussed” since childhood.

[Cecelia Watson @ceceliawatson]

@British_Airways Would those be the call centers where your staff hang up on passengers after they’ve been on hold for 45 minutes? And those are your OneWorld Emerald customers; can’t imagine how you treat everyone else.

[Cecelia Watson @ceceliawatson]

@viajake Great spot— HPS ftw 😅 Watson is an all star jackass, but that paper is such a masterpiece of British humo(u)r.

[Cecelia Watson @ceceliawatson]

@jessesheidlower The landscape would still be glorious long after you become aware that the grasses are just chock full of sheep shitballs 💩

[Boswell Book Company @boswellbooks]

New book Tuesday is here once again, and we have excellent books to recommend:
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[Cecelia Watson @ceceliawatson]

In case you thought my approach to language wasn’t flexible enough already, there’s a new extra-pliant paperback edition of Semicolon— along with a nice mention in last Sunday’s New York Times Book Review. https://t.co/g0EVk7xUuW

[Cecelia Watson @ceceliawatson]

@HPSGlonk Hope you have the same experience that I did when I left: after a few months, I wondered why it had taken me so long to make such a good decision. I’ve not regretted bailing for a single second. 👍🏻

[Cecelia Watson @ceceliawatson]

Watch out, world

[Joel J Miller @joeljmiller]

You’ve probably heard the rule that you shouldn’t use semicolons; it’s a stupid rule. https://t.co/9GZKNgMXi5

[Cecelia Watson @ceceliawatson]

@jessesheidlower @OED I’m so glad I picked today to check in on Twitter after months away 😂

[Cecelia Watson @ceceliawatson]

Outstanding punctuation. Dancing should never stop, much less fully stop.

[Cecelia Watson @ceceliawatson]

The ability of Britons to pretend that nothing strange is happening never ceases to amaze me: for instance, a pigeon saunters out the front door of your building as you loudly tell him to take the bus, and no one at the bus stop so much as raises an eyebrow.

[Cecelia Watson @ceceliawatson]

A beautiful article on the point-virgule, by @paul_vacca for @LesEchosWeekEnd. https://t.co/PHnGi8Nwzx

[Cecelia Watson @ceceliawatson]

I couldn’t say it in these words in my review for the ⁦@nytimes⁩, so I’ll say it here: I really fucking enjoyed ⁦@JohnHMcWhorter’s new⁩ book. https://t.co/Ye1GJqPi5G

[Cecelia Watson @ceceliawatson]

@JohnHMcWhorter Well hey, when you’re reviewing a book on profanity for a paper that nixes most profanities, you naturally grab on to “ass.”

[Cecelia Watson @ceceliawatson]

@jessesheidlower I was just reading your fucking excellent NYT op-ed on their obscenity policy the other day

[Cecelia Watson @ceceliawatson]

@LuxWinter_ What lovely comments. Thank you!

[Cecelia Watson @ceceliawatson]

@Elizabazinga Truth

[Dan Rather @DanRather]

Dude. You lost.