<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[The Weekly Serial]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Weekly Serial]]></description><link>https://www.weeklyserial.com/blog</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Sat, 18 Jul 2026 04:46:29 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.weeklyserial.com/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[175 Years Before ChatGPT — The Original Lovers of the Em Dash]]></title><description><![CDATA[Long before ChatGPT learned to think out loud, the Victorians were already doing it — in print, with ink, paper, and a remarkable fondness for one particular piece of punctuation. The em dash. If you’ve ever typed a sentence like this — pausing mid-thought, adding an aside, or pivoting suddenly — you are participating in a habit that nineteenth-century writers would have recognised instantly. Thinking on the page Victorian prose does not always aim for neatness. Instead, it often aims for...]]></description><link>https://www.weeklyserial.com/post/176-years-before-chatgpt-the-original-lovers-of-the-em-dash</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a4c9aacf7b480551f1794c2</guid><pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2026 06:23:10 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/b7a0c3_2b87262616594f6aaec134a2a21ccdaa~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_775,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Dave - Weekly Serial Editor</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>