From: Michael Everson (everson@evertype.com)
Date: Mon Jul 07 2003 - 18:33:05 EDT
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.)
-- Michael Everson * * Everson Typography * * http://www.evertype.com
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