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This is unrelated, but I've never had the opportunity to ask before: in what cultures is it common to put a space before a colon (e.g. "Librefox : Browse With F

by ukyrgf 8y ago

This is unrelated, but I've never had the opportunity to ask before: in what cultures is it common to put a space before a colon (e.g. "Librefox : Browse With Freedom")? When I see that behavior, I immediately know the author isn't a native English speaker, but I've never known the reason behind it.

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FragenAntworten 8y ago
I believe it’s French. https://www.iwillteachyoualanguage.com/learn/french/french-tips/french-punctuation https://www.iwillteachyoualanguage.com/learn/french/french-t...
- Nodraak 8y ago
  As a French, I confirm we put a space before colons. (It's a mistake I often see in English presentations made by French and it drives me crazy)
  - abrowne 8y ago
    Since we're on the subject, saying "a French" sounds wrong to me (American native English speaker), even though the same construction is OK for other nationalities. (E.g. "a German" is OK.) You're better off with "a Frenchman"/"a Frenchwoman" or "a French person".
    - chrisdhoover 8y ago
      No no no. As French is the correct English locution
- infogulch 8y ago
  Interesting. That's always irked me but I passed it off as a typo or some personal preference. I wonder what other typographical differences are due to culture that I passed off as something else.
  - IronBacon 8y ago
    I love the total unrelated pieces of trivia you can find on the comments. I know about the "Oxford comma" (I think that's how is called), as they taught me to never put a comma and a conjunction in a list of things and the two spaces after a sentence... Yup, above it's a case of missing "Oxford comma"... ^__^;
thaumasiotes 8y ago
Chinese fonts use a full width colon, which has the same effect: 山义：丫乙
abrowne 8y ago
It's correct in French typography. Same with exclamation and question marks and quotation marks. It really should be a narrower, non-breaking space.
intika 8y ago
Thank you all for your feedback it's appreciated, i just updated the README to fix that :) and indeed it's because of french language. ^^
- pndy 8y ago
  Did you consider joining your efforts with Alex Kontos who's responsible for Waterfox?
  - intika 8y ago
    i am open to any collaboration but i think the projects scopes are different where Librefox main idea is to stick to Firefox latest release and Waterfox wants to keep legacy extensions

by ukyrgf 8y ago

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FragenAntworten 8y ago

I believe it’s French. https://www.iwillteachyoualanguage.com/learn/french/french-tips/french-punctuation https://www.iwillteachyoualanguage.com/learn/french/french-t...

Nodraak 8y ago
As a French, I confirm we put a space before colons. (It's a mistake I often see in English presentations made by French and it drives me crazy)
- abrowne 8y ago
  Since we're on the subject, saying "a French" sounds wrong to me (American native English speaker), even though the same construction is OK for other nationalities. (E.g. "a German" is OK.) You're better off with "a Frenchman"/"a Frenchwoman" or "a French person".
  - chrisdhoover 8y ago
    No no no. As French is the correct English locution
infogulch 8y ago
Interesting. That's always irked me but I passed it off as a typo or some personal preference. I wonder what other typographical differences are due to culture that I passed off as something else.
- IronBacon 8y ago
  I love the total unrelated pieces of trivia you can find on the comments. I know about the "Oxford comma" (I think that's how is called), as they taught me to never put a comma and a conjunction in a list of things and the two spaces after a sentence... Yup, above it's a case of missing "Oxford comma"... ^__^;

thaumasiotes 8y ago

Chinese fonts use a full width colon, which has the same effect: 山义：丫乙

abrowne 8y ago

It's correct in French typography. Same with exclamation and question marks and quotation marks. It really should be a narrower, non-breaking space.

intika 8y ago

Thank you all for your feedback it's appreciated, i just updated the README to fix that :) and indeed it's because of french language. ^^

pndy 8y ago
Did you consider joining your efforts with Alex Kontos who's responsible for Waterfox?
- intika 8y ago
  i am open to any collaboration but i think the projects scopes are different where Librefox main idea is to stick to Firefox latest release and Waterfox wants to keep legacy extensions