Masimatutu@lemm.ee to Microblog Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoAn oldie but a goodiefiles.catbox.moeimagemessage-square31fedilinkarrow-up1515arrow-down110cross-posted to: writing@slrpnk.net
arrow-up1505arrow-down1imageAn oldie but a goodiefiles.catbox.moeMasimatutu@lemm.ee to Microblog Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square31fedilinkcross-posted to: writing@slrpnk.net
minus-squareMasimatutu@lemm.eeOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19·edit-21 year agoHonestly I have no idea anymore, I have seen it in a dozen forms at least. Edit: from https://www.plainlanguage.gov/resources/humor/how-to-write-good/ : The first set of rules (1-23) was written by Frank L. Visco and originally published in the June 1986 issue of Writers’ Digest. The second set of rules (24-53) is derived from William Safire’s Rules for Writers.
minus-squareilinamorato@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·1 year agoThat’s remarkable. Like an archaeological dig.
minus-squareAFK BRB Chocolate@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 year agoI thought I had seen it in high school, but that would have been before 86. Doesn’t surprise me that it predates viral email forwards though.
Honestly I have no idea anymore, I have seen it in a dozen forms at least.
Edit: from https://www.plainlanguage.gov/resources/humor/how-to-write-good/ :
That’s remarkable. Like an archaeological dig.
I thought I had seen it in high school, but that would have been before 86. Doesn’t surprise me that it predates viral email forwards though.