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Old 09-16-2009, 01:38 PM   #10
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Originally Posted by ahi View Post
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
...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 ?
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