The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.worldM to memes@lemmy.world · 6 hours agoNew names are hard, ok?lemmy.worldimagemessage-square71fedilinkarrow-up1402
arrow-up1402imageNew names are hard, ok?lemmy.worldThe Picard Maneuver@lemmy.worldM to memes@lemmy.world · 6 hours agomessage-square71fedilink
minus-squarefinallymadeanaccount@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·edit-23 hours agoYes, I visited Themdamninjuns last time I went through Illinois. for the purposes of my joke, many people wouldn’t have known - or cared to know - the names of the local tribes I’ve never been through Illinois
minus-squarefunkajunk 🇨🇦@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·edit-23 hours agoIf you are making multiple asides, the standard approach is to use square brackets within the first parentheses, not double parentheses. e.g. The dildo was menacing and enormous (likely the biggest I have ever used [nearly 4 feet]).
minus-squarejaybone@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 hour agoI had not heard of this before. Usually those are used when adding text to a quote for clarification. Is this mainly a British English thing?
minus-squareMinnesotaGoddam@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 hour agofootnotes1. 1gotta use2 2go3tcha 3 better footnotes
minus-squareayyy@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 hours agoNah I prefer feeling like I’m reading a 90’s chain email.
minus-squarefinallymadeanaccount@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·3 hours agoThank you. I think I have it now.
Yes, I visited Themdamninjuns last time I went through Illinois.
If you are making multiple asides, the standard approach is to use square brackets within the first parentheses, not double parentheses.
e.g.
I had not heard of this before. Usually those are used when adding text to a quote for clarification. Is this mainly a British English thing?
footnotes1.
1gotta use2
2go3tcha
3 better footnotes
Nah I prefer feeling like I’m reading a 90’s chain email.
Thank you. I think I have it now.