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Re: Punctuation Marks

Posted: Sun 28 Jun 2026, 4:55 pm
by Hillbilly
Harry wrote: Tue 12 May 2026, 1:44 pm
Dog wrote: Tue 12 May 2026, 11:18 am This one’s a bit of a strange sentence. t
It's a correct sentence in the same way as "Pet Shop Boys please", "Pet Shop Boys, actually" and "Yes, Pet Shop Boys"
The albums are still called Please, Actually and Yes. The full sentences have never meant to be the actual titles, right? Especially "Yes, Pet Shop Boys etc" has always bugged me. How is that supposed to be said, really? The album is Yes with the bonus disc etc.

Re: Punctuation Marks

Posted: Sun 28 Jun 2026, 5:00 pm
by Hillbilly
Sandy Shaw wrote: Mon 11 May 2026, 9:13 am The effect goes with practice for most of their songs of dropping capital letters (in all but the first initial letters and proper nouns).

Pet Shop Boys “It’s a sin”
“What have I done to deserve this”
Pet Shop Boys, Actually.
“Always on my mind”
Behaviour. Pet Shop Boys
Being boring. Pet Shop Boys
Yesterday, when I was mad
Love etc.
Yes, Pet Shop Boys

They missed a trick with Love etc by not having a comma and fullstop as with the Barnes novel. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love,_Etc_(novel)
I just love that they write their song titles like this on their covers! I think the English Caps Thing is weird. In Swedish songs titles (as well as books, films etc) are written like "Sommaren är kort". It is simply wrong to write it "Sommaren Är Kort", which looks totally stupid in my eyes.

Re: Punctuation Marks

Posted: Thu 02 Jul 2026, 2:40 am
by Danimal
The albums are still called Please, Actually and Yes. The full sentences have never meant to be the actual titles, right? Especially "Yes, Pet Shop Boys etc" has always bugged me. How is that supposed to be said, really? The album is Yes with the bonus disc etc.
I have always wondered if the proper name of this particular bonus album is “Yes, etc.” or simply “etc.” Personally I prefer “etc.”