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.
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.
All this has me thinking. Is the em-dash like an accent for machines?
I’m not sure about accent, but I have described their intense overuse of certain things as a verbal tic before.