[XeTeX] English and American quotes

[Andrew Cunningham]

Australian conventions follow British English. US practice tends to be an
anomaly.

2008/7/29 Andrew Moschou <andmos at gmail.com>

> Somewhat off topic.
>
> 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!
>
> Andrew
>
> 2008/7/29 Barry MacKichan <barry.mackichan at mackichan.com>
>
>> Aha, this must mean that the rule is single quotes east of the Atlantic
>> and double to the west. I can see how this would cause confusion in
>> Australia. On which side of the Atlantic *is* Australia, anyway?
>>
>> --Barry
>>
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Andrew Cunningham
Vicnet Research and Development Coordinator
State Library of Victoria
Australia

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