Colon-dash is the name that I've chosen for my blog. Why? What does it mean? You may well ask. Well, if like me, you worked in printing or publishing during the days of hot metal you would probably know that the combination of the colon followed by a dash has a specific name amongst the brotherhood of compositors and typesetters of a certain vintage. If you are familiar with the term, then you'll know why I chose "colon-dash" to represent my presence in cyberspace.
On the other hand, normal people probably don't think it means anything at all or at best it's the start of an emoticon so beloved by early email users :- , you just need to add a parenthesis to make a face.
For example:
- :-) (happy/good)
- :-( (sad/bad)
So there you have it, I'll let you decide which face to use when you come to judge my bloggin's -
I'm all for audience participation.
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