• muhyb@programming.dev
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    3 days ago

    I definitely wasn’t trying to write a list, it was a riddle or a conversation. What I was trying to do is this:

    Though, it seems speech dash is not a thing in English. So I understand the confusion.

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      3 days ago

      Yeah its not a thing in English. In Spanish it is as well and learning to read novels in English was a bit confusing at first. I believe the official name is en dash or em dash I forget which

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        3 days ago

        Didn’t really notice until now, though it seems some English speaking people used these dashes in their books apparently but I don’t think I ever read one of them. It’s hilarious to see these cultural differences may cause problems like this. :)