[icon-users] (OT) Sexed quotes, Was: Smart quotes.
- From: Peter Young <pnyoung@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: icon-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2013 13:04:31 GMT
On 26 Feb 2013 Martin Wuerthner <lists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
[snip]
> EasiWriter's smart quotes feature is less extensive than that of other
> programs (e.g., Impression, OvationPro or ArtWorks). It only replaces
> single quotes you enter by sexed apostrophes and gives easy shortcuts
> to enter the other sexed quotes. So, unless you have deliberately
> chosen to enter any other sexed quotes, you should only find the
> closing sexed single quote (the apostrophe) in your file.
I used the expression "sexed quotes" on the newsgroup
alt.usage.english, and got an outburst of amusement and amazedness.
Nobody there seemed to have heard this usage, though it seems
perfectly normal to me, and presumably to Martin too. Is it a RISC OS
thing, or is the whole of the rest of the world out of step with me?
With best wishes,
Peter.
--
Peter Young (zfc Ta) and family
Prestbury, Cheltenham, Glos. GL52, England
http://pnyoung.orpheusweb.co.uk
pnyoung@xxxxxxxxxxxx
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