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Re: [xml2rfc] assuming that period (.) ends a sentence is sometimes wrong

Daniel Kahn Gillmor <dkg@fifthhorseman.net> Sat, 27 February 2021 19:15 UTC

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From: Daniel Kahn Gillmor <dkg@fifthhorseman.net>
To: Nico Williams <nico@cryptonector.com>
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Subject: Re: [xml2rfc] assuming that period (.) ends a sentence is sometimes wrong
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On Sat 2021-02-27 10:09:27 -0600, Nico Williams wrote:
>  you'll find that this is a periodic discussion.

har har šŸ˜›

> Don your asbestos suits now.  Flame war incoming.

I'm really uninterested in starting (or participating in) a flame war
about anything, much less about punctuation use.

I'm just trying to get the draft i'm collaborating on to render properly
and to not screw up how someone's actual name is written.

I'll go ahead with Carsten's U+00A0 proposal as a workaround for now, i
guess.

        --dkg

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