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To: CyrTeX-en@vsu.ru, Denis.Roegel@loria.fr, lcs@topo.math.u-psud.fr
Subject: Re: left and right double quotes
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From: Laurent Siebenmann <lcs@topo.math.u-psud.fr>
Date: Sat, 19 Aug 2000 07:21:10 +0200



Hi Denis,

 > 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:
 > 
 >   >>text<<
 > 
 > Go to a German bookstore and convince yourself!
 > 
 > ,,text`` is probably not false, but it is rare.

You must be right in some quarters, but here is the verdict of
the 12 miscellaneous books in German, with quotations, 
that I happen to have on my bookshelf:

   >>text<<   1
   <<text>>   2
   ``text''   1
   ,,text``   8  (including the 2 novels in the lot)

Cheers

Laurent S.