Re: MLA on electronic sources

Yep, when I was studying Greek the accent mark represented by a "caret" was
called a "circumflex." But I think Tim's designation is for a typographical
symbol, and the latter is for a specific application of that symbol.

Within the context of my (mis)use of the word, reference to typographical
symbols was most appropriate.

Jim

"L. Manning Vines" wrote:

> Tim said:
> "[What Jim mentioned] is spelled "caret" (while "carrot" is the vegetable
> favored by Bugs Bunny), and looks like this:
>
> ^
>
> (This mark has also been called a "circumflex.")"
>
> I believe that you're right about that. For anyone who's interested,
> though, I believe that the circumflex is properly an accent mark -- a curved
> line (or one that looks like the caret) directly above a letter, almost
> always a vowel. The caret differs for taking its own place, before or after
> a letter but never directly above it.
>
> Also: "Way back in the old days, I vaguely recall double brackets being used
> in Europe to indicate quotation marks."
>
> In a limited way, I can vouch for this too. I've been studying French for
> the last two months, and the book I've primarily been studying from (French
> for Reading Knowledge, Palmeri/Milligan, dated as early as 1952 but revised
> much more recently) does contain this usage in some of the exercises. It
> goes unexplained, or has not been explained anywhere that I've found.
>
> As an exercise, I've been getting my news in large part from a French paper
> (www.lemonde.fr), and find that they use the same quotation marks that we
> do.
>
> I am unaware, however, when the other form of quotation mark fell out of
> common use, or if it is still used in any context.
>
> -robbie
>
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