‘[L]et us reach into the inkwell jewel box and withdraw two sets of
exquisite superscript signs—” for the right ear, ” for the left—and
hang them from the lobes on either side of the word nuns. Like so:
“nuns.” This, of course, is not for purposes of ornamentation, although
these apostrophic clusters possess an understated, overlooked beauty
that transcends the merely chic. (Do they not resemble, say, the
widnblown teardrops of fairy fold, commas on a trampoline, tadpoles
with stomach cramps, or human fetuses in the first days folloiwng
conceptiion?)’

—Tom Robbins, Fierce Invalids Home From Hot Climates, 2000.