i have always perceived this as being specific to the states, it _seems_ to me that all the messages where i have noticed this habit were written by americans (except for a friend of mine who whacks the hell out of the space bar with her thumb, causing 2-3 spaces between each word!). i am curious though, are there any non-americans who have done this, or still do this, and is it (was it ever?) a common practice in your country as well?


From: "David W. Fenton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Because we are old geezers who learned to type on typewriters, which were monospaced and where the standard practice was two spaces after the period at the end of a sentence.

okay, no silly jokes about smallcase chippewa being the last person one should trust to understand typographic standards, eh? three spaces following periods, two following question and exclamation marks...


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