No spaces after full stops and random Capitalisation… Fuck I want to like this but I’m angry
Pffft, if you can write in Scots then basic English punctuation is a no-brainer.
I literally lived in Scotland lmao. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RxAdpQ5-pXA
I was taught to double space, didn’t realize it wasn’t proper. Honestly I think it looks nicer on a page, it delineates sentences more clearly. Apparently it was the standard before computers were a thing, kinda weird that it was the standard where I went to school though.
For a long time I thought the double-space convention was strictly limited to school, since I had never seen a professionally printed book, magazine, or newspaper that used it. I just took a look at my bookshelf and pulled out the oldest book I own (from 1909), and it does indeed use double-spaces.
I just looked it up, and it seems like double-spacing fell out of use in the early-mid 20th century. From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_sentence_spacing :
Before the First World War virtually all English-language books were printed following standard typesetters’ spacing rules. By the end of the Second World War most American books and an increasing proportion of English books were printed following the typewriter’s English spacing approximation rules.[17] Around this time, the practice of single spacing became more prevalent. There were various circumstances which could have contributed to the change. For example, there was an increase in high-volume low-cost mass-produced printing (e.g., newspapers, pulp novels, magazines). Also, a significant innovation in the typewriter was the breaking of the typewriter “grid” in 1941.
Fun fact: HTML rendering explicitly squashes multiple spaces into one, so if you try to double-space your sentences, it won’t display as such in a web browser. This sentence uses double-spaced words, and I’ll bet it doesn’t look that way to you.
I was taught to as well but entering the computer age then taught not to again. Apparently double space was related to the physical limitations somehow for typewriters? I dunno for sure but it is somehow anachronistic.
Shit. Now I can’t recall if I double space or not. I’m sure I double spaced back when I studied things just for page length.
How long has this been going on?
Lol, it took me a minute to realize I am currently providing myself with the data I wanted. And it looks like my (semi)professional emails are about 50/50, depending if I’m responding.
Is it commonplace to single space after a full stop these days? Thanks!!
Also: that grandpa and his collection are awesome! It’s inspiring - not that I’d travel my country (U.S.) to the same extent. Perhaps my state, but there isn’t a huge amount of variation, nor do I have the desire to visit some of the areas.
You should join the grammar nazi brotherhood. Being annoyed at petty little things like this is what they do best.
This is the most adorable Scotch on the Rocks
He wants to go viral. I’m sure he said exactly that
He might have. I know a couple TikTok grandmas that come on my store showing me shit all the time, “look at this guy, angryseal. He’s gonna go viral!”. It’s how I heard of calvingrindz who is fucking spectacular and on YouTube thank fuck.
Edit:
It’s more likely he said, “I want a’body to see this ya wee bampot.”
Don’t hate me. I googled Scottish slang.
The thumbnail looks like he has framed roadkill.
The rock artwork is awesome!
THIS is the fucking reason i love the internet.
