At 23:23 -0400 00/10/27, Norman Werling wrote:
>Can anyone tell me what the French quotation marks are called in French?
Guillemets. In good French, guillemets are � and �. But the anglo
saxon type " and "
is also of common use.
>My professeur says we will not use the (Alt144) upper case � in French. I
>don't recall it being used in Spanish either. Does anyone know where it
>would be used that would cause it to have a code number in the ASCII codes?
According to the French typographic code, it not compulsory to use
accents with upper case letters. However, it is better to use them,
particularly when words or phrases are fully in upper case, as in
titles. This is to prevent confusion : for example, "UN POLICIER TUE"
can be read either "un policier tu�" or "un policier tue", which
makes some difference (a policeman killed # a policeman kills)...
You are making tremendous progress, Norm, if you already worry about
such subtleties. Congratulations.
Louis
Louis
