Re: Opening parenthesis in lyrics has to be in quotes

[Phil Holmes]

"David Kastrup" <address@hidden> wrote in message 
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> "Phil Holmes" <address@hidden> writes:
>
> > But not a closing one.  Given that it's impossible that it could be a
> > slur, I think it's a bug that it needs to be enclosed in quotes with
> > its word, like this: "(word".
>
> I don't think that closing quotes are treated differently, you just are
> less likely to write )word and word( than the other way round.
>
> --
> David Kastrup

I've just checked and you're correct.  It's either ( or ) that prefixes a 
syllable.  Postfixed versions of either are OK.  Even more reason that this 
is a bug, IMHO.

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Phil Holmes
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