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Originally Posted by timfrost
My first Kindle book 'Final Passage' uses British spelling and punctuation including single quotes for direct speech. I had a few complaints, mainly that the Kindle text-reader doesn't recognise the single quotes as speech.
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Hmmm, really? I guess I can understand why the text-to-speech routine would need some conventions in formatting. But it's useful info, so thanks for mentioning it, Tim.
The single quote as default for speech seems to be the go in publishing here in OZ as well, but I believe it's a recent development in style. When I was at school, we were taught to use double quotes first.
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Originally Posted by timfrost
a British reader would have no problem with "Can I bum a fag off you, mate?" but I don't think that works for a US reader.
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What, US readers don't like to share?
