From Ted.Harding at nessie.mcc.ac.uk  Sat Sep 17 12:02:03 2005
From: Ted.Harding at nessie.mcc.ac.uk ( (Ted Harding))
Date: Sat, 17 Sep 2005 11:02:03 +0100 (BST)
Subject: [Rd] Typo [Was:  Rd and guillemots]
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On 16-Sep-05 Thomas Lumley wrote:
> On Fri, 16 Sep 2005, Ted.Harding at nessie.mcc.ac.uk wrote:
>>
>> The name of the "continental" quotation mark ? is "guillemet".
>>
> 
> For anyone who is still confused:
> 
> Left pointing guillemet (U+00BB)
> http://www.mathmlcentral.com/characters/glyphs/LeftGuillemet.html
> 
> Left pointing guillemot (Uria aalge)
> http://www.rspb.org.uk/scotland/action/disaster/index.asp
> 
> Right pointing guillemet: (Unicode U+00AB)
> http://www.mathmlcentral.com/characters/glyphs/RightGuillemet.html
> 
> Right pointing guillemot: (Uria aalge)
> http://www.yptenc.org.uk/docs/factsheets/animal_facts/guillemot.html
> 
> 
>       -thomas

Very nice one, Thomas! Also your follow-up. Nice pictures too.

Best wishes,
Ted.


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[Rd] Typo [Was: Rd and guillemots]
 (Ted Harding