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Originally Posted by ahi
It is. They are reminders that in some ways, most countries were islands of sorts unto themselves until recently (and some still are). Sometimes part of a group of islands with certain neighbouring and/or friendly countries... but in many ways, the average person's world view (that they probably fancied as being "universal" or at least "just normal/plain sensible") were at best decidedly national if not highly provincial (in the non-prejudicial sense of the word).
- Ahi
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...and some people thought they were just punctuation.
you make a good point actually (joking aside) and i agree. i wonder whether the different uses of guillemets will standardise now that technology is making culture and media so internationally accessible ?