Slacker News Slacker News logo featuring a lazy sloth with a folded newspaper hat
  • top
  • new
  • show
  • ask
  • jobs
Library
← Back to context

Comment by JimDabell

5 months ago

Yes, this is regional – British usage tends to be an en dash surrounded by spaces, where American usage tends to be an em dash with no spaces.

2 comments

JimDabell

Reply

lostlogin  5 months ago

All this has me thinking. Is the em-dash like an accent for machines?

  • JimDabell  5 months ago

    I’m not sure about accent, but I have described their intense overuse of certain things as a verbal tic before.

Slacker News

Product

  • API Reference
  • Hacker News RSS
  • Source on GitHub

Community

  • Support Ukraine
  • Equal Justice Initiative
  • GiveWell Charities