> In a recent note, Henry Nelson said: 
>  
> > Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2000 12:49:32 +0900 (JST) 
> > >  
> > > (please remove the trailing period above) 
> >  
> > Yes, please.  My reason is that not all languages use "." as a 
> > full stop (period), as I mentioned before. 
> >  
> Why should that be a concern?  If someone is translating messages 
> to another language, converting punctuation is part of the chore. 

The only concern that seems to be pertinent in this thread is that the trailing
"." makes it inconvenient to select/paste from some messages.  (otherwise,
it is as you note - a concern of the translator - not a good reason for
changing the English version of the messages).
  
> -- gil 

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