Info for FF moderators and writers. (sort of Humour)

[annemehr]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, "Sherry Gomes"
<sherriola at e...> wrote:

> My personal biggest gripe is the use of
> an apostrophe instead of quotes in dialog.  

> For example,
> here is written out, the way my screen reader might say a line of dialog
> that uses apostrophes, instead of quotes.  This is what I will hear.
> 
> apostrophe, Hi.   how are you? apostrophe she said, apostrophe how
was your
> summer? apostrophe

Uh oh.  Sounds like your screen reader is very American.  In Britain,
a single apostrophe is what is used for quotations.  I guess all you
can do is email your reader's company and tell them to think more
globally!

I just got _Harry Potter et la Chambre des Secrets_ for Christmas to
try to learn French again.  To signify dialogue there is a hyphen at
the beginning of the paragraph, and no other indication of starting
and stopping.  An example, in English, would look like this:

  -There's more in the frying pan, sweetums, said Aunt Petunia,
turning misty eyes on her massive son.  We must feed you up while
we've got the chance ... I don't like the sound of that school food...

Annemehr