Posted by NRen2k5 on 02/08/07 08:27

TaliesinSoft wrote:
> On Wed, 7 Feb 2007 13:28:28 -0600, NRen2k5 wrote
> (in article <vLpyh.46229$3D6.1945537@weber.videotron.net>):
>
>> Michelle Steiner wrote:
>>> In article <Topyh.46212$3D6.1944022@weber.videotron.net>,
>>> NRen2k5 <nomore@email.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Please don't try to use curly quotes on Usenet. They don't always work.
>>>> Stick with pure ASCII.
>>> I copied and pasted the article without attempting to edit it. I did
>>> not notice that they had used curly quotes.
>> It's very noticeable when your newsreader doesn't specify the character
>> encoding its posting in and the wrong characters are shown on the
>> receiving end.
>
> Interestingly my newsreader, Hogwasher, converted the slanted quotes in
> Michelle's posting of the Steve Jobs DRM article to upright quotes, the
> result being that the article was perfectly readable.

In my case, Thunderbird is turning the curly quotes into superscript
numbers.

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