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- noun Plural form of
guillemet .
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The software that makes the post to your comment section does not seem to like guillemets (that is, = French quotation marks).
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Finally, Finnish and Swedish surround quotations with two guillemets that both point to the right.
Archive 2008-05-01 2008
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On a typewriter, of course, they're the same (and I'll have much more to say about the typewriter's effect on punctuation this week). guillemets: « »
Archive 2008-05-01 2008
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Norwegian uses guillemets for Level 1 quotes: « … » and upper single quotes for Level 2: ‘…’
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The software that makes the post to your comment section does not seem to like guillemets that is, = French quotation marks.
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Chinese typographers have adopted pointing-out guillemets to denote the title of a book.
Archive 2008-05-01 2008
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He is knwon for being ideologically opportunistic more than a stiff left wing ideologue “il a les guillemets faciles”, but I figure at least some policies he advocates would make Obama look like a fascist in comparison.
The Volokh Conspiracy » “When and How Was the Jewish People Invented?” Update: 2009
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Notes d'une conférence que je viens de donner en Serbie sur ce qu'est le travail d'une "consultante en blogs" notez les guillemets.
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Pour ce qui est de la citation de Bruno… n'oublions pas que les journalistes retravaillent allégrement le texte qui se retrouve entre guillemets et mis dans la bouche de quelqu'un.
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Boldface is shown by «guillemets», italics by _lines_.
Latin for Beginners Benjamin Leonard D'Ooge 1900
colleen commented on the word guillemets
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December 27, 2007
reesetee commented on the word guillemets
Not to be confused with guillemots. ;-)
December 29, 2007
rolig commented on the word guillemets
I don't know, reesetee, that mouth certainly resembles a guillemet!
December 29, 2007
reesetee commented on the word guillemets
It does, doesn't it? Precisely why I chose the photo. ;-)
December 31, 2007