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apostrophes in email addresses

the journal of Michael Werneburg

twenty-eight years and a million words

Toronto, 2012.08.15

It turns out that you can put an apostrophe in an email address; I learned this today while corresponding with a client.

Unfortunately, my email host won't allow me to make an account like '''@emuu.net. Neither will gmail.com. And here I thought I was onto something fun.

rand()m quote

Conservatism consists of exactly one proposition, to wit: There must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect.

—Frank Wilhoit