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Re: Bah
Posted By: Claude ErreraDate: 11/29/02 4:52 p.m.

In Response To: Re: Bah (Scifiteki)

: No, I was more concerned about the, oh, say, Ô thingies that replaced all the
: apostrophes. That slightly detracts from the flow of a story, I find. : )

That's actually not Ernie's fault... it's yours.

You sent him a file with curly quotes in it. Curly quotes (single or double) turn up as bizarre characters in web browsers... I actually have a bbedit script that does all sorts of these conversions for HBO fan fiction, because it's a common mistake of writers.

If you absolutely must have curly quotes in your story, use the ascii codes for them, rather than the word-processing characters themselves. “ and ” for double quotes, ‘ and ’ for single quotes. (8217 works for curly apostrophes, too.)

Hope this helps!

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*** Marathon Fan Fiction Page Updated ***Ernie 11/28/02 5:11 p.m.
     ***Wait! Don't Go There Yet!***Scifiteki 11/28/02 5:43 p.m.
           Re: ***Wait! Don't Go There Yet!***D-M.A. 11/28/02 10:14 p.m.
                 Re: ***Wait! Don't Go There Yet!***Scifiteki 11/29/02 12:24 a.m.
                       BahErnie 11/29/02 6:01 a.m.
                             Re: Bah:: Beer Can :: 11/29/02 7:39 a.m.
                                   Re: BahD-M.A. 11/29/02 7:50 a.m.
                                   Re: BahScifiteki 11/29/02 3:36 p.m.
                             Re: BahScifiteki 11/29/02 3:33 p.m.
                                   Re: BahClaude Errera 11/29/02 4:52 p.m.
                                         Re: BahScifiteki 11/29/02 8:26 p.m.
                                               Ah. Also, a question for Claude:Ernie 11/30/02 7:30 a.m.
                                                     Re: Ah. Also, a question for Claude:Claude Errera 11/30/02 10:30 a.m.
                 Re: ***Wait! Don't Go There Yet!***D-M.A. 12/3/02 9:34 p.m.
                       Re: ***Wait! Don't Go There Yet!***Scifiteki 12/4/02 12:22 a.m.



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