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A comment on Prefer the British Style of Quotation Mark Punctuation over the American. Parent comment

Re:Prefer the British Style of Quotation Mark Punctuation ov... by quesera on Wednesday September 15, 2021 @01:04PM (#28541610)
Also awkward:

Did you ask, "Is this your dog?"?

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Re:Prefer the British Style of Quotation Mark Punctuation ov... by philsnow on Wednesday September 15, 2021 @03:25PM (#28543255)
To me, seeing that punctuation is soothing. It's finding another person who I know thinks the same way I do, if only about this one, pedantic thing.
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Re:Prefer the British Style of Quotation Mark Punctuation ov... by joemi on Wednesday September 15, 2021 @02:46PM (#28542788)
I do wonder if that kind of thing is awkward just because we're not used to it...
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