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"They [semicolons] are transvestite hermaphrodites representing absolutely nothing. All they do is show you've been to college." --- Kurt Vonnegut.

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I don't get it, can someone explain what this is supposed to mean?

Vonnegut was speaking with regards to the English language. He was arguing that semi-colon in written sentences serve no function beyond pretension.

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