I had no idea there was a debate about one space or two after a period. I've always done double. Typing class in HS drilled that into me. I never got the memo about the change.

And even the editors/writers here don't have flawless grammar when posting.

THIS. Not to mention my concept of grammar has been, um, colored by being a tech editor for That Large Software Company.

Look at all these lurker-types! This is so cool.

I am pro- serial commas, one space after a period, Fernet, absinthe, olives, and cilantro. I've never had a muffaletta, but it sounds like something I would like.

I hate, hate, hate the new feature in the newest version of Word that puts an extra space between paragraphs. You can turn it off but you have to do it in every document, and it's so, so wrong.

I am fairly certain that's fixable on a global scale, as I am pretty certain it is one of the things I turn off whenever I install Office.

I learned two spaces in high school typing class too, and still use the convention. That's how you can tell it's a full stop, and not a mere period or decimal point.

I am fairly certain that's fixable on a global scale

I'm not sure how to do that. Teach me!

I once tried to arrest the Prime Minister. I didn't succeed.

Was he Slitheen?

I am fairly certain that's fixable on a global scale, as I am pretty certain it is one of the things I turn off whenever I install Office.

You're right - it is globally fixable. Right-click on the Windows icon at the upper left and select Preferences and it's in there somewhere.

The OpenOffice word processor on Linux, however, has far fewer pretensions than Word and is in general cleaner and faster, and it supports shell-based script macros far more powerful than (most) VBscript.

I'm Julie, Jules, Julieanne (one word with an e in the middle, damnit!). Started watching BtVS when Spike went all woobie and fell hard in love when my brother made me watch Firefly because it was "by that guy who made Buffy".

Found this safe haven when Cferg mentioned in a podcast that he posted here (that doesn't count as stalkerish behaviour!) and lurk and post in Boxed Set, Procedurals, Comedy, as well as fitfully subscribing and unsubscribing to Natter as life allows.

Cilantro tastes like soap, I eat olives obsessively even though I really don't like them, Oxford commas, two spaces, and even though my third grade teachers and spellcheck tried to beat it out of me, I'm a New Englander who puts extra "u"s into words. And I will continue to do so because I can and because those third grade teachers made me feel really stupid at the time, and apparently for no darned good reason.

I'm the lead horticulturist at a 13 acre arboretum in New Jersey, my family is from Long Island, grew up in New Hampshire, born in Massachusetts. I'm the slave of Ply, whom I dug out of a pile of plywood and bottle-fed, and her sister/girlfriend Nunya (Nunya Business). They pay me sporadically with live chipmunks.

We've got the coasts of Canada covered, but where are the inlanders?

Okay, fine, you talked me into it...

Hi everyone, I'm Shambles and I live in Montréal (by way of Hong Kong, New Zealand, and the United States). I have a husband, two cats, five tattoos, and writerly aspirations. I'm a web designer and animal shelter volunteer with degrees in psychology and philosophy; I've previously worked in libraries, child care, and family planning. I wear a lot of black, I read and watch a lot of science fiction, and I like to knit and crochet. I'm on Team Serial Comma, Team One Space, Team Am-itch, and I'm on the reserve bench of Team Cilantro.

I have tried delurking a couple of times, but it hasn't stuck, for the standard reasons. I still think that maybe one of these years I'll plunge on in, but for now: thank you all for the opportunity to safely dip a toe in and say hello. This community is great, and this thread has been lovely.

Cheers!

Juliebird, Duke?