ISO Latin-1 Character Set -- quotes versus accents

[Juanita_Aydelotte.XSIS at xerox.com]

Point of interest.
Troff uses a `` (two single quotes) instead of a " (double quote)
because hot metal linotype machines, earlier version typesetters, and
some of the newer phototypesetters and lasertypesetters of today
requires the two single quotes. This is not a bug in the software. If I
remember correctly, sometimes font "tables" can be adjusted so troff
will automatically convert the double quote to two single quotes.