Re: French group separators

[Michael Everson]

At 18:08 -0400 2003-07-07, Frank da Cruz wrote:
 > It is worth noting that what is described here is the default 
running mode of
 Emacs for the English locale. There are a lot more "modes" on Emacs to
 handle various languages (including programming languages).
Of course.  But without two spaces you have greater ambiguity, at least in
English: In "Mr. Roberts", what is the function of the period?
  Don't call me Mr. Roberts is my name.

  Don't call me Mr.  Roberts is my name.
In European English Mr is generally not followed by a full stop, 
because the abbreviation contains the first and last letter of the 
word. (In Finland that would be M:r.)
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