[Dixonary] Word for Round 1632: RUPICOLOUS Definitions

[Dodi Schultz]

>> I agree with Dodi's statement that you have a choice of styles.
>>
>> I don't agree with her characterization of "logical" punctuation as
>> American and "illogical but typographically pleasing" as British.

Paul, I'll appreciate your NOT making up quotes out of whole cloth and
attributing them to me. I said NO SUCH THING.

I think I've got an explanation and an apology coming.

--Dodi Schultz

[Paul Keating]

They were scare quotes, not quote quotes. You did say there were two
styles, and you did say that they were American and British. I needed a
shorthand description of what you were talking about. Suppose I had written

>> I don't agree with her characterization of the one style of punctuation as
American and the other as British


That would not have taken any liberties with what you said, but it also
wouldn't have made much sense. (Unless someone read the whole thread,
taking care to note the relative positions of stops and quotes.)

Of course it isn't something you said. And I can quite see that _you_
might not think the illogical way of doing it is typographically
pleasing. But that is why typesetters used to do it. They didn't like
the white space to the left of the point.

But I apologize for the apparent imputation of poor taste on your part.

Dodi Schultz wrote:

>I think I've got an explanation and an apology coming.
>
>--Dodi Schultz
>
>
>

--
Paul Keating
The Hague
52N02 4E19



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