It's the period being outside the quotes that does it

[zustifer]

Pretty goofy askmefi question (with way too much emphasis on the word 'panties' in the responses), but the notable part of it is that the boyfriend, from the quote, appears to be Roast Beef.

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[graydon.livejournal.com]

Beef would say "it is" there. He is not a dude to play games with contractions in such a serious context.

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[sanspoof.livejournal.com]

...Maybe the quote was paraphrased?
Man. You're right. The dude is a pale imitator.

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[mmcirvin.livejournal.com]

Also the font size is not right. aw man it is basically off the scale

[samantha2074.livejournal.com]

I don't get the subject line. Isn't it standard in British English to put the punctuation outside the quote? Or am I missing some subtle joke on that?

At any rate, the discussion has reinforced my refusal to ever wear a thong. Two weeks before they feel comfortable? Forget it.

[sanspoof.livejournal.com]

Maybe it's okay to leave the punctuation outside if it's a partial sentence? Oh, okay, here we go: this thing (http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/grammar/g_quote.html) says essentially that, I think. What got me in the mefi example was that the quote could have passed for a whole sentence, which made it feel like a quoted punctuationless sentence, which made it seem like something Roast Beef would say (that plus the 'basically').

Eeugh, I'm glad I didn't read that far. I don't even know the point of thongs (and plus it's hard not to type 'things' since I haven't ingrained the motor pattern for 'thongs').

[samantha2074.livejournal.com]

Hmmm, according to Wikipedia, British people will put the punctuation inside if it belongs to the quote and outside otherwise. The source you cite seems to cover American English only. And the askmefi poster is presumably British as she refers to knickers and stockings and such.

We can still make fun of her comma splice, though!

[sanspoof.livejournal.com]

Oh, okay, makes sense!
I guess it's all a big american-british misunderstanding joke then. I supPOSE that is okay.

[rejemy.livejournal.com]

If it helps, I use the "British method" of punctuation-quote interaction. Also, the "British method" of lovemaking.

[sanspoof.livejournal.com]

LIE BACK AND THINK OF PUNCTUATION
IYKWIM