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July 12, 2005
The Globalization of Punctuation
Posted by John Yunker
Do you display your phone number with dashes or periods?
ie: 555.555.5555 or 555-555-5555
The punctuation you choose says a lot about your company (or maybe just your choice of designer). And now it appears that there is a global angle to this story; according to this article, some folks believe periods are becoming popular in the US because they make phone numbers appear more international.
Here's an excerpt...
Another phone buff, Roger Conklin of Palmetto Bay, Fla., thinks globalization played a role. "The Europeans have been using dots from the beginning of time. Americans adopted dashes. Now that the world is getting smaller, each tends to want to emulate the other, resulting in a mixture," Conklin said.
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