TIL multi-paragraph quotes start each paragraph except the last with an unclosed quote: "Blah, blah. "More blah, blah. "Now I'm done."
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is there a word for this kind of discovery? I have had a few and they're remarkably unsettling.
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Surely the germans have some compound word for it, right
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So, I did actually notice this when reading computer magazines aged about 8.
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Replying to @propensive @dwijnand and
Same here. Confused I never investigate this to death. No Wikipedia back then I guess?
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Replying to @Blaisorblade @propensive and
I just noticed it yesterday when I read a newspaper article with a long quote.
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Replying to @deech @Blaisorblade and
Relatedly, I never knew why people say "quote, unquote" *before* the quote. Any ideas?
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Replying to @propensive @deech and
When a wee sprout I was schooled by punctuation in RAH's "Have Spacesuit Will Travel" 1/2
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Replying to @MaggieL @propensive and
Dialogue spkr quotes Macbeth quoting rhetorical person, resulting in three nested close quotes 2/2
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Could you quote me that extract, please? ;)
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