Day 94/100: Guillemets. Also called angle quotes, Latin quotation marks, or French quotation marks, guillemets are polylines pointed like arrows (« or »), sometimes forming a complementary set of punctuation marks used as a form of quotation mark. The symbol at either end - double « and » or single ‹ and › - is a guillemet & they are used in a number of languages to indicate speech or inner monologue. They resemble the symbols for lesser than (<), greater than (>), as well as rewind and fast forward on various media players, such as VCRs, DVD players, and MP3 players. The word is a diminutive of the French name Guillaume (the equivalent in English being William), after the French printer and punchcutter Guillaume Le Bé (1525–98). Some languages derive their word for guillemets analogously: The Irish term is Liamóg, from Liam 'William' and a diminutive suffix. [Gel pen tool in the Procreate app on iPad layered over my 'Shine Bright Like A Diamond' surface pattern design] #100daysofthepunctuationproject #100days #the100dayproject #gm100dayproject #punctuation #thepunctuationproject #punctuationmarks #punctuationpoints #punctuationsymbols #guillemets #brackets #frenchbrackets #anglequotes #frenchquotationmarks #quotationmarks #latin #latinquotationmarks #gelpen #procreateapp #procreate #procreateart #ipad #diamonds #diamondpattern #angles #arrows #polylines #language #french #guillaume #guillaumelebe
