Well, the logic of having the punctuation after the extension is based on the fact that the punctuation should come only once you've finished singing the syllable. Pushing that "logic" step further, the last consonant should come after you've finished singing the vowel(s), i.e. at the end of the syllable also, just before the punctuation, and after the extension.
Thanks, Dennis. I think I understand your thinking now. Or rather -- since I gather you don't accept the logic yourself -- I think I understand what you think others are thinking, even though I wasn't thinking that.
It never occurred to me to think of the line as representing the vowel sound and the punctuation -- much less a consonant -- occurring "before" or "after" it.
The way I think of it, the line is just a line. You don't "sing" the word extension line any more than you sing any other punctuation mark. The question of which mark comes first is sort of like the same question for a comma and quotation marks.
mdl
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