Are lawyers the only people who still use two spaces after a full stop? - ThreadSky

joshspero.ft.com • 25 days ago

Are lawyers the only people who still use two spaces after a full stop?

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raesanders.bsky.social•25 days ago

Old habits die hard!

fascismwontwin.bsky.social•25 days ago

Nope, I do.

gummyrobot.bsky.social•25 days ago

I do, when I'm not posting where characters are limited. I also use the Oxford comma, which is becoming a rarity these days.

kiwispillow.bsky.social•25 days ago

Same. I sometimes try not to add the second space, but my fingers won't allow it.

gavfr.bsky.social•25 days ago

Military too

luvshoes.bsky.social•25 days ago

I do.

69metsfan.bsky.social•25 days ago

No. I, a scientist, do. And I also use the Oxford comma. Call me old school.

marychilds.bsky.social•25 days ago

a conspiracy perpetrated by Big Paper

ericb013.bsky.social•25 days ago

Michael Scott pushing two spaces after a period

scottblego.bsky.social•25 days ago

Drilled into me during typing class in late 70s. Who knew two hand typing would be so useful as an engineer.

chardle.bsky.social•25 days ago

I do.

jtsquaredrolltide.bsky.social•25 days ago

I still do. Habit from my old scribe and university days.

tiger-fred.bsky.social•25 days ago

I do,... until a message won't quite fit in the allowable character limit, then I'll scramble to eliminate any characters I don't need.

jtsquaredrolltide.bsky.social•25 days ago

Yes! And it makes me cringe 😬

tiger-fred.bsky.social•24 days ago

Really? It seems rather trivial to me. No insult intended!

gmaconda.bsky.social•25 days ago

I do! Typing class in the 60's taught me right. My fingers won't do anything else.

suzai.bsky.social•25 days ago

No, but they, too, need to stop it.

leohorishny.bsky.social•25 days ago

Same here.

loudlong.bsky.social•25 days ago

Was disappointed to see SCOTUS still doing it.

adantejada.bsky.social•25 days ago

It just looks better? I still do unless I run out of characters or need to reduce pages.

rosieruth.bsky.social•25 days ago

Glad to hear I'm not the only one!

adhdandd.bsky.social•25 days ago

No. There are a lot of us GenX who are either too set in our ways, or just don’t give a big enough fuck to change.

seatopeak.bsky.social•25 days ago

Older millennial typewriter era legal assistants 🙋🏻‍♀️

contrarybass.bsky.social•25 days ago

I learnt to touch-type at school - on a *typewriter* - so it's strongly hard-wired into muscle memory.

stuartarnell.bsky.social•25 days ago

Nope. I do.

White space is good.

solardavegreen.bsky.social•25 days ago

No, I tend to. Call me crazy.

donaldwprice.bsky.social•25 days ago

It’s not lawyers (although I am one a do it) so much as olds like me who learned to type on a typewriter and have the habit ingrained.

mirandaa.bsky.social•25 days ago

Yeah, me too. Have to consciously only do one these days.

susiemesure.bsky.social•25 days ago

I did it on my first day at the Independent. That was in 2001.....

anntal.bsky.social•25 days ago

Nope

asneakypete.bsky.social•25 days ago

Mueller.

ndhm.bsky.social•25 days ago

Nope, I've been doing it way too long to change.

ellie04.bsky.social•25 days ago

👋

inezsneks2024.bsky.social•25 days ago

I don't know when it changed to one space, but I hate it. 😒

jenistrand.bsky.social•25 days ago

🙋

happyhiram.bsky.social•25 days ago

Bluesky doesn’t give me enough character space to do any of that crap.

qatarkat.bsky.social•25 days ago

The white space frames my thoughts.

In design we call it negative space & it gives your eyes, & brain, a place to rest.
Feels good!

qatarkat.bsky.social•25 days ago

And aids comprehension.

vickiroadtripper.bsky.social•25 days ago

Nope

georgebas5.bsky.social•25 days ago

In American Studies they told us to end sentences with two full stops. I think it was a double period.

joshspero.ft.com•25 days ago

George.

owens-kd1.bsky.social•25 days ago

Nope. I do. I think it has to do with age and social media. When you’re character limited every space is a character.

jomah162.bsky.social•25 days ago

Still oddly prevalent at senior Whitehall levels. (See also screengrabs of government ministers’ resignation letters.)

actonit.bsky.social•25 days ago

Not a lawyer-still do

witchywater.bsky.social•25 days ago

choochoomama.bsky.social•25 days ago

No. Retired medical transcriptionists do, too. Makes you think about what you've just read before moving on.

getinformed23.bsky.social•25 days ago

I still do. Along with the Oxford comma. I'm a rebel like that.

drgibbreads.bsky.social•25 days ago

Academics. And old people. By old I mean 45+. Typewriter era people. It’s me. I’m old people.

jtsquaredrolltide.bsky.social•25 days ago

Lol same

suecollis.bsky.social•24 days ago

Me. Also 😂

jeff-hart.bsky.social•25 days ago

I think I'd need punctuation rehab to stop - it's muscle memory

adamdkharrison.bsky.social•25 days ago

And Americans

makaleka.bsky.social•25 days ago

nope..

ewan.thekirks.co.uk•25 days ago

No. I use them. Hard wired into fingers.

lucyksy.bsky.social•25 days ago

It is hard for many of us not to use them, but they count as characters here. Spaces shouldn't count! Nor punctuation. Nor links.

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