If you find '.' and ''' and ''s' offending, you can change the symbol to the old dot and "@" for instance.
and that's much better than that.much better, don't you think?
cookie adventure: my @ Cookie Monster =
print "Cookie Monster, why is the Cookie jar empty?"
why: my.cookie.jar.empty: @ cookie monster
# why cookie monster, why? :)
why: my.cookie.jar.empty: @ cookie monster .why: "tell me!"