> > > Ah. I see the misunderstanding. They pronounce the letter "j" as an "h" but the sound "j" as a "y."
> >
> > I think the English rules for punctuation and quotation marks are somewhat illogical.
> >
> > For example, in the quoted sentence above: To me, the dot has ho business being inside the quotation marks together with the "y".
> >
> > Trav"just my 2 NOK"holt.
> >
> > (NOK=Norwegian Kroner)
>
> Actually, I think that it is correct in english to have the period outside the quotes. My experience is more with parentheses, but I was always taught to put my punctuation outside the parentheses... Unless the entire sentence is contained within the parentheses.
>
> Don "Can someone who is NOT an engineer confirm this? We're notoriously bad at English..." Monkey

Quotes are not treated like parentheses. Read any book with dialogue in it and you'll find the final punctuation, whether it is part of the quote or not, inside the quotes.