# ≠ **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [September 18, 2004, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/264885 "2004-09-18T19:32:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![PatriotX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c4cdca/32.png) [@PatriotX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PatriotX)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2004, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t//264885/1 "2004-09-18T19:32:46Z")
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**Author:** ![PatriotX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c4cdca/32.png) [@PatriotX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PatriotX)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2004, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t//264885/2 "2004-09-18T19:35:01Z")
> [@SimonX](#): > > ≠≠≠ > ≠≠≠ > ≠ > ≠ > ≠ ©©© ---
**Author:** ![PatriotX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c4cdca/32.png) [@PatriotX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PatriotX)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2004, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t//264885/3 "2004-09-18T19:37:41Z")
> [@SimonX](#): > > ©©© TesT™ **TEST™** TEST™ _TEST™_ TEST™ TEST™ TEST™ ---
**Author:** ![PatriotX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c4cdca/32.png) [@PatriotX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PatriotX)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2004, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t//264885/4 "2004-09-18T19:39:17Z")
> [@SimonX](#): > > TesT™ > > **TEST™** > TEST™ > _TEST™_ > > TEST™ > TEST™ > TEST™ TEST™ _TEST™_ _TEST™_ TEST™ ---
**Author:** ![PatriotX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c4cdca/32.png) [@PatriotX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PatriotX)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2004, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t//264885/5 "2004-09-18T19:41:54Z")
> [@SimonX](#): > > TEST™ > _TEST™_ > _TEST™_ > TEST™ _TEST™_ **TEST™** _TEST™_ _TEST™_ ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2004, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t//264885/6 "2004-09-18T19:56:40Z")
I know it says this is the place for practice posts, but don’t you think you might be abusing that privlage? ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2004, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t//264885/7 "2004-09-18T20:46:24Z")
Is that the British Rail symbol? ---
**Author:** ![Ice\_Wolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dfb087/32.png) [@Ice\_Wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ice_Wolf)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2004, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t//264885/8 "2004-09-18T20:54:23Z")
I think I remember seeing that from School C maths. Is that the “is not equal to” symbol? ---
**Author:** ![cheddarsnax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@cheddarsnax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cheddarsnax)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2004, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t//264885/9 "2004-09-18T21:00:47Z")
[RIGHT] :eek: [/RIGHT] ---
**Author:** ![Ice\_Wolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dfb087/32.png) [@Ice\_Wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ice_Wolf)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2004, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t//264885/10 "2004-09-18T21:13:53Z")
Cool effect, **cheddarsnax**. ---
**Author:** ![Squink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@Squink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squink)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2004, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t//264885/11 "2004-09-18T21:16:46Z")
> [@](#): > > !=!= > !=!=!= > != > != > != ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2004, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t//264885/12 "2004-09-18T22:54:19Z")
> [@Ice Wolf](#): > > I think I remember seeing that from School C maths. Is that the “is not equal to” symbol? Yes. ---
**Author:** ![Ice\_Wolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dfb087/32.png) [@Ice\_Wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ice_Wolf)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2004, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t//264885/13 "2004-09-18T23:26:07Z")
Cool. Thanks, **Aesiron**. At least something stuck in th’ ol’ brain from that time. Cheers! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2004, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t//264885/14 "2004-09-19T01:11:09Z")
The British Rail symbol has an extra diagonal line. ---
**Author:** ![Ice\_Wolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dfb087/32.png) [@Ice\_Wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ice_Wolf)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2004, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t//264885/15 "2004-09-19T01:15:40Z")
That would make sense. Otherwise, it would be British Monorail. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![GorillaMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/50afbb/32.png) [@GorillaMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GorillaMan)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2004, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t//264885/16 "2004-09-19T01:15:49Z")
> [@Lobsang](#): > > The British Rail symbol has an extra diagonal line. It has two zig-zag lines. [[http://home.12move.nl/~sh829487/London/rail.htm](http://home.12move.nl/~sh829487/London/rail.htm)]The first site that Google offered. ---
**Author:** ![GorillaMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/50afbb/32.png) [@GorillaMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GorillaMan)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2004, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t//264885/17 "2004-09-19T01:17:01Z")
Ackkkk! _One_ zig-zag line!!! ---
**Author:** ![Ice\_Wolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dfb087/32.png) [@Ice\_Wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ice_Wolf)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2004, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t//264885/18 "2004-09-19T01:19:23Z")
[Clean link.](http://home.12move.nl/~sh829487/London/rail.htm) And yeah. One zig-zag. So it’s a zig-zagging monorail, maybe? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2004, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t//264885/19 "2004-09-19T01:24:19Z")
I remember watching a BR add which ended with a train travelling both parts of the symbol’s ‘tracks’ I can’t quite work out how that is possible on the ‘correct’ symbol. ---
**Author:** ![Ice\_Wolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dfb087/32.png) [@Ice\_Wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ice_Wolf)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2004, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t//264885/20 "2004-09-19T01:29:32Z")
Use _extremely_ flexible trains. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/264885.md?page=2)