Thursday, April 22, 2021

Chapter 2: Page 13: Line 13 (86)

 To,— Mr. Jeremiah Dixon
Bishop Auckland, Co. Durham.

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Line 86 Vulgarized:
Jeremiah Dixon
Bishop Auckland
County Durham
Great Britain

Subtext:
It's just the header to a letter! But it does contain one of those weird combination comma/em dashes. I guess that was how you em dashed in the 1700s. I only bring it up now, after 86 lines, because there's nothing else to write about. I could mention how I messed up Line 1 of Chapter 2 by putting the "Esteem'd Sir" in the header instead of including it at the beginning of the letter starting on Line 2. But since I don't have an editor, I'm going to make loads and loads of mistakes like that! I know, I know. You're not surprised by the revelation that I don't have an editor after I wrote the phrase, "that was how you em dashed in the 1700s."

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