# Flying Jackrabbits

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flying-jackrabbits/93247>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [November 14, 2001, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flying-jackrabbits/93247 "2001-11-14T02:23:29Z")\
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**Post date:** [November 15, 2001, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flying-jackrabbits/93247/21 "2001-11-15T15:14:00Z")

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[nitpick]

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> \*Originally posted by Toaster \*  
> \*\*There is no “and” before “falcon,” suggesting that they’re referring to two incidents. Also, a comma is not needed between the final two items of a list, although it’s perfectly acceptable to use one (which IIRC is called a “Boston Comma” or somesuch). \*\*

Also known as ‘Oxford comma’ (UK) or ‘Harvard comma’ (US), it’s properly called **serial comma**. There’s a nice piece about it on [WorldWideWords](http://www.worldwidewords.org/qa/qa-oxf1.htm):

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> That form of punctuation is uncommon in British English,[…]but it’s a characteristic part of the house style of the Oxford University Press, hence the name.

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