Primaflora, double huh? [li]I did not say that the AGPS Style Manual was logical (even though I think it is; evidence to the contrary in another thread, or by email please – I thought editors loved it) []I said the system of punctuation for quotation marks is known as the ‘logical’ system – I got that term from Fowler’s Modern English Usage.[/li][li]Although I think that this system is more logical, I was not trying to assert that either; it just seemed sensible to use previously published terms to contrast the two methods. []I certainly was not claiming that Canada would use the same style manual or similar, but that it would use the same system of punctuation for quotation marks. My reasoning was based on Australia and Canada being in the British Commonwealth, and sharing other spelling conventions with England. This was consistent with GingerOfTheNorth’s advice to Abe Babe.[/li][li]Also, I was not trying to imply that the original use of asterisks as emphasis marks conformed with the manual I mentioned. They are commonly used on the internet for when one is restricted to pure ASCII characters, and their usage could be compared to quotation marks. Abe Babe was asking for the preferred application of the universal punctuation mark, the period.[/li](And that star thingy is called an ‘asterisk’, not ‘asterix’.)
Only my threads would be hijacked by a grammatical dissertation.
Esprix
I have you beat, Esprix. I’m gay and handicapped.
Yeah double invisibles!
lordy, lordy, lordy, that’ll teach me to multi-task. Asterix indeed! Bwahahaha!
Dopey Dave, you don’t seem to use the AGPS or Fowler in the style to which I am accustomed. FI, I can’t find logical use of asterisks (note correct spelling) or full points. I’m using the Gowers version of Fowler. Some editors love the AGPS and some don’t. Almost all of us feel it is outdated and are keen to see the next one which was due in July of this year and won’t be delivered until February.
You’d be on incredibly thin ice making any assumptions about similarities between styles between countries. Australia’s closer in usage to the US in many areas which might or might not be true of Canada.
Esprix, ummmm, ::trying desperately to drag this back on topic:: A couple of turnips and an erect cucumber tastefully arranged in your trolley?
'Spree, honey, I’m sorry but this was a great response. LOL. And stop targetting the straight guys, that’s MY territory! 
[slight hijack]
Just out of curiosity, how did you become handicapped?
[/slight hijack]
This would work except for the fact that I doubt Esprix would be caught dead
(gay or otherwise) in the produce section…
JOhn (landlord from HELL)
Green things? Blech.
Meaty things? Mmmm…
(Infer what you will, you cretins.)
Esprix
What were you saying about feeling invisible?
It is the Christmas season, you know what that means? BEEF STICKS!!! Booooo Yaaaaaa!!!
Oh, and having met you IRL, I have the say the last thing that comes to mind when thinking of you is “invisible”, well at least after “shy” and “reserved”.
Heh.
I’m half deaf. It just sort of happened.
andygirl
On your mother’s side or your father’s? :::d&r:::
On a completely unrelated note, I’m watching Mazes and Monsters and wondering 1) why it didn’t end Tom Hanks’s career and 2) how it’s managed to make it on the air considering that close to a half hour of it is set in (and shot in) WTC Tower Two.
And now to drag this, kicking and screaming (much like how Esprix gets many of his dates), back to the OP…Esprix, honey, you know as well as I do that the way you make yourself visible as a homuhseckshul is through accessorizing! Hie thee to your nearest rainbow-hued crap store and load up.
Well, my pink triangle tie tack did once get me a date at the bank… 
Esprix
“a date at the bank”
oh, do teller…
Oh big deal! I’ve gotten 365 dates at the bank. And pictures of ducks, too…
Esprix, trust me, you’re anything but invisible. Add you are one delectable hunk o’ man, so cruising in any location should be a snap (or in your case, three snaps.)
Esprix,
I think the problem, that caused you to be hijacked by a grammatical dissertation, is that you asked this question in the wrong place.
After all, this is the Straight Dope.
I sure hope it was SAFE sex.
Did you make a DEPOSIT or get a WITHDRAWAL with the MONEY shot?
Did you CHECK him out first? Or did he have INTEREST first?
(trying to work in PEN and CHAIN, but getting nowhere)
Esprix, don’t feel bad. If I saw you in the grocery store, I’d prolly think you were gay.
Invisible minority? Let’s see, I have picked up men at grocery stores, convenience stores, banks, theaters, church (so I’m a slut what of it?), country clubs, McDonald’s ( that was a real BIG MAC with lots of special sauce :D)and once at a family reunion ( he was a female cousin’s “date.” Date to a family reunion? I thought he was one of the side dishes! ).
Oh, and I’m gay.
And just WHERE is your blue feather? Just a tasteful pin or tietack would be good, since you aren’t in garb…
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Geez, ya post ONE little inside joke or reference, and WHAM.
Thread death.
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I came, I posted, Thread Dead.