Spurious "Quotes" and Apostrophe's

[Mike Salovesh]

"Dennis R. Preston" wrote:

> dInIs (who ain't got not damn umlauts in his name)

Dennis:

In my experience, your representations of Inglish as she is spoke are
usually right on the button.  For once, you disappoint me.  Whaddya
mean, "who ain't got not damn  umlauts . . . "?

You shoulda said "who ain't not got no damn umlauts . . . ", or (if in a
purist mindset) "who ain't got no damn umlauts".  But that line you
actually wrote will just have to be corrected, lest it become a blot
upon your otherwise pure escutcheon.

--  mike salovesh             <salovesh at niu.edu>        PEACE !!!