<div dir="ltr">Australian conventions follow British English. US practice tends to be an anomaly.<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">2008/7/29 Andrew Moschou <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:andmos@gmail.com">andmos@gmail.com</a>></span><br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"><div dir="ltr">Somewhat off topic.<br><br>Neither; Australia is not next to the Atlantic. Though, a quick look at a map shows that Australia is closer to the east side than the west side. To throw things around, we can't make this sort of statement without considering Canada, South Africa and other (former) colonies!<br>
<br>Andrew<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">2008/7/29 Barry MacKichan <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:barry.mackichan@mackichan.com" target="_blank">barry.mackichan@mackichan.com</a>></span><div class="Ih2E3d"><br>
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Aha, this must mean that the rule is single quotes east of the Atlantic<br>
and double to the west. I can see how this would cause confusion in<br>
Australia. On which side of the Atlantic *is* Australia, anyway?<br>
<br>
--Barry<br>
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