I saw this quiz at Julie the Bookworm, so of course I had to try it. I have mixed feelings about the fact that this is synonymous with a body part related to, um, digestion.
You Are a Colon |
 You are very orderly and fact driven. You aren’t concerned much with theories or dreams… only what’s true or untrue.You are brilliant and incredibly learned. Anything you know is well researched. You like to make lists and sort through things step by step. You aren’t subject to whim or emotions.Your friends see you as a constant source of knowledge and advice. (But they are a little sick of you being right all of the time!)You excel in: Leadership positions You get along best with: The Semi-Colon |
According to the quiz, I’m a comma. Frankly though, the description for the comma intimidates me more than a little. I’m more like – half a comma. A semi-comma.
“You are open minded and extremely optimistic.
You enjoy almost all facets of life. You can find the good in almost anything. You keep yourself busy with tons of friends, activities, and interests. You find it hard to turn down an opportunity, even if you are pressed for time. Your friends find you fascinating, charming, and easy to talk to. (But with so many competing interests, you friends do feel like you hardly have time for them.)
You excel in: Inspiring people
You get along best with: The Question Mark”
Hi from another comma.
Also a colon.
Well, Sue, maybe we should meet, since I am a question mark…
I am a dash. Well, of course I am.
Well, now. Except for the “brilliant and incredibly learned” part, I think the colon describes me a lot better than the dash.
Wow, I think you this is actually a decent quiz – I’ve been reading here for a while and you do seem to be a colon (not body part, not at all!). And I am a semi-colon (not sure if that is good or bad, it sounds a little snobby, but I’m afraid the description is fairly decent as far as a quiz description goes.)
Hey, I’m a colon too…
I’m a colon too but I don’t believe it. I don’t think I’m good in leadership roles…
Comma reporting for duty.
Another Question Mark.
I am a dash. Which, except for this little gem:
You excel in: Anything to do with money
Is probably pretty accurate. Fun quiz!
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I was also a colon. It is a fairly accurate description of me.
Exlamation point!!!!
Make that exClamation point!!!
I’m a colon too. I would agree with the description except for the excelling in leadership roles part. Unless it’s leading a group of fellow mild-mannered English nerds to Jane Austen convention or something. That I could probably handle.
I’m a colon, too, but I doubt my friends see me as a constant source of knowledge and advice.
A colon is my favorite piece of punctuation.
However, I have the same issues with the name.
When I was teaching high school we called it a moint. And yes, there was a semi-moint. Because at least I’ve never heard of an invasive mointoscopy, right?
I’m a comma.
My favorite punctuation…ellipses. There’s more to come…or it’s a size of fizzling out.
A SIGN of fizzling out. Dear Lord.
I am an !. Did anyone else notice the comma was backwards? That annoyed me. (I went through changing my answers to see the other results.)
I’m a comma. I don’t even know how to use commas.
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I’m came out a colon, but I’m not sure I agree because I do NOT excel at leadership roles, and I do NOT consider myself brilliant nor incredibly learned. The rest of the description seems to fit me.
I loved that this related personalities to punctuation.
This quiz reminds me of the this anthropologist who discovered some obscure tribe which used shells in several peculiar ways, which she had a terrible time describing in her journal, until she hit upon the perfect metaphor: they used shells like we used money. It was the perfect metaphor, and matched up to what she was seeing in every way.
Then she realized that it wasn’t a metaphor at all. Their money was shells, that’s all, like our money is metal and paper. Not a metaphor, just a description.
And yes, I am a big jerk party pooper smarty pants.
I’m a dash. I noticed Beck is as well. She and I also scored the same on another personality test. Maybe I’m unconsciously answering every question with “how would Beck answer?”
Personally, I think someone should make a quiz “What part of the Digestive Track are you?” Now that would be funny.
I’m a question mark? Really?
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