From owner-freebsd-chat Thu Jun 1 10:15:26 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from smople.thehub.com.au (smople.thehub.com.au [203.143.240.10]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 88FBD37B695 for ; Thu, 1 Jun 2000 10:15:22 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mckay@thehub.com.au) Received: from dungeon.home (bne51.thehub.com.au [203.17.162.51]) by smople.thehub.com.au (8.9.3/8.9.1) with ESMTP id DAA85034; Fri, 2 Jun 2000 03:15:19 +1000 (EST) Received: from dungeon.home (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by dungeon.home (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id DAA00571; Fri, 2 Jun 2000 03:15:52 +1000 (EST) (envelope-from mckay@dungeon.home) Message-Id: <200006011715.DAA00571@dungeon.home> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.1.1 1999-10-15 To: Greg Lehey Cc: Stephen McKay , freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Punctuation conventions (was: cvs commit: src/games/fortune/datfiles fortunes) In-reply-to: Your message of "Thu, 01 Jun 2000 09:50:56 +0930." <20000601095056.D16657@wantadilla.lemis.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Fri, 02 Jun 2000 03:15:52 +1000 From: Stephen McKay Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Greg Lehey wrote: > On Thursday, 1 June 2000 at 1:43:17 +1000, Stephen McKay wrote: > > There is no "one space" convention in Australia. I learned typing in school > > (an actually useful skill, no less), and two spaces were mandatory. I can > > accept the possibility of regional variation among states, or the more > > probable dilution of skill due to increased foreign word processor use, > > but the two space rule has not to my knowledge been revoked. > > My statement was based on observation. If you have any documentary > backup, it would interest me. Hmm. I certainly like formal evidence. But I also haven't retained any of my school textbooks. Still, I have a lot of books, and you never know what might turn up. (eg: A friend said, "I didn't know you had a Russian-English dictionary!" I said, "Me neither.") If I find the typing book I think I have, or that Manual of Style I also might have, I'll be sure to lay the wisdom of past times on you! ;-) Stephen. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message