I've always been baffled by that! But then, we also insist on "colour" and "honour", so it works either way. ;)
Joe On 16 October 2015 at 15:59, Jeff Elder <[email protected]> wrote: > I never knew! > > > The above examples also show that the American style places commas and > periods inside the quotation marks, even if they are not in the original > material. British style (more sensibly) places unquoted periods and commas > outside the quotation marks. > > In honor of Oscar's nationality, I'll put the period outside. : ) > > Jeff Elder > Digital communications manager > Wikimedia Foundation > 704-650-4130 > @jeffelder <https://twitter.com/JeffElder> > @wikipedia <https://twitter.com/wikipedia> > The Wikimedia blog <https://blog.wikimedia.org/> > > On Fri, Oct 16, 2015 at 7:53 AM, Joe Sutherland <[email protected] > > wrote: > >> LGTM. If I were being nit-picky, in BritEng we'd write *...with other >> men".* but it doesn't really matter. >> >> Joe >> >> On 16 October 2015 at 14:59, Jeff Elder <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Twitter: >>> >>> "I can resist everything except temptation." -- Oscar Wilde, born this >>> day in 1854. Read his wit and wisdom on Wikiquote: >>> http://buff.ly/1Louq4b >>> >>> Facebook: >>> >>> "I can resist everything except temptation." -- Oscar Wilde, born this >>> day in 1854. Read his wit and wisdom on Wikiquote: >>> http://buff.ly/1Louq4b The poet and playwright died at 46 after a >>> two-year imprisonment for "gross indecency with other men." Read about his >>> life: http://buff.ly/1NM2L34 >>> >>> >>> Jeff Elder >>> Digital communications manager >>> Wikimedia Foundation >>> 704-650-4130 >>> @jeffelder <https://twitter.com/JeffElder> >>> @wikipedia <https://twitter.com/wikipedia> >>> The Wikimedia blog <https://blog.wikimedia.org/> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Social-media mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/social-media >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> *Joe Sutherland* >> Communications Intern [remote] >> m: +44 (0) 7722 916 433 | t: @jrbsu <http://twitter.com/jrbsu> | w: >> JSutherland <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:JSutherland_(WMF)> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Social-media mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/social-media >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > Social-media mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/social-media > > -- *Joe Sutherland* Communications Intern [remote] m: +44 (0) 7722 916 433 | t: @jrbsu <http://twitter.com/jrbsu> | w: JSutherland <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:JSutherland_(WMF)>
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