`Laurent Siebenmann' wrote
>  
>   This is officially true in France, but English has made serious
>   inroads with ``text''  in all areas but literature.
>   Incidentally  ,,text`` is I believe the official German
>   literary norm; the marks being called "little goose-feet".

No. I thought so for a while, but have a look at some novels
written in German: whether they were published 50 years ago,
or now, you will only very seldom find your ,,``. What you find
are reversed french quotes:

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Go to a German bookstore and convince yourself!

,,text`` is probably not false, but it is rare.

Denis