[LMB] OT: smart apostrophes in Word

[Mark A. Mandel]

Did my reply on this thread, with discussion of the broad-nib pen, get through? I didn't get it in my inbox.

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----- Original Message ----
From: Peter H. Granzeau <pgranzeau at cox.net>
To: Discussion of the works of Lois McMaster Bujold. <lois-bujold at lists.herald.co.uk>
Sent: Friday, September 28, 2007 1:56:35 PM
Subject: Re: [LMB] OT: smart apostrophes in Word

At 12:32 PM 9/28/2007, Rachel Ganz wrote:
>OK, I've now had helpful emails about single and double quote usage 
>in USA vs. UK, but nothing about different apostophe usage>
>Does this imply that USAians use the word "apostrophe" as a term for 
>a single quote mark? For me, a single quote is a single quote and an 
>apostrophe is an apostrophe and they both use the end single quote 
>character but have quite different functions (of course single 
>quotes will also use the start single quote character, in fact, 
>quotes need both, but an apostrophe only needs the one - anyone have 
>alternate functions for the start single quote character)?

I agree with you.

Quotes (single or double) are interesting.  Most of the time, the 
begin quote is a mirror image of the end quote, but some exotic fonts 
use an upside down end quote, with the dot at the bottom and the tail 
going up from the left toward the right.

Normal:                    exotic:

xxx                                 x
xxx                               x
  x                                xxx
    x                            xxx


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