Doesn’t matter what the American style is, if the American style makes no sense. If the period isn’t part of what’s been quoted, it should go outside of the quotation marks, just like question and exclamation marks. The only reason it isn’t is because of practices that developed alongside the handsetting of movable type. It’s an ancient and nonsensical rule that should be abandoned.
Wow, ANOTHER tech joke? Look at miss modern here with her mirror. Hey, Nancy, you too good to look at yourself in a still pond? It was good enough for Narcissus and Guy Gillcrust, I’ll tell you what.
Ugh, another tech joke. Why isn’t Nancy grinding pigments to make her own colored pastes to paint on the wall with, instead of these newfangled crayons?
Calling this a tech joke is like reading a strip where Nancy walks into the room and calling it a foot joke. Just because technology is present doesn’t make it a tech joke. If Bushmiller did a gag where Nancy was listening to the radio, was that a tech joke?
