Dr. Amy, Psy.D.1d ago
You will pry my em dashes from my cold — and dead — hands. I had them before AI was conceived and I’ll have them long after it’s gone.
Show threaddivVerent18h ago
@dramypsyd Technically your em-dashes are wrong. em-dashes are generally not meant to be surrounded by spaces—unlike en-dashes, which the Germans use for speaking their German language – a truly marvelous one, probably.

Practically, have fun! Rules for language don't matter.
Show threadDr. Amy, Psy.D.
@divVerent I learned something new today—thank you!
Mar 25 at 6:31pmWeb
Show threadJens Finkhäuser4h ago
@dramypsyd @divVerent Germans use en-dashes? That's possible, but I'd love some explanation. I see Germans use mostly hyphens or em-dashes, and for "speaking" we have quotation marks (that are different from the English style ones I used just there).
Show threaddivVerent1h ago
@jens @dramypsyd By German typography rules, indeed, en-dash with spaces around it is.

I also can confirm that most books do follow that standard.

Germans who write emails or documents though very frequently use the em-dash with spaces around it, or just a single dash and don't care (in my case, I might use it more if it were more convenient to type, like the --- alias most word processors have).
Show threaddivVerent1h ago
@jens @dramypsyd https://www.typolexikon.de/halbgeviertstrich/
Halbgeviertstrich : Typografische Regeln und Anwendungen

Definition und Beispiele von Halbgeviertstrichen als Gedanken-, Parenthese-, Gegen-, Auslassungs-, Spiegel-, Währungs- und Bis-Strich.

Typolexikon.de