# Board weirdness with dollar signs

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/board-weirdness-with-dollar-signs/916421>\
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**Created:** [July 26, 2020, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/board-weirdness-with-dollar-signs/916421 "2020-07-26T22:46:01Z")\
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**Post date:** [July 27, 2020, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/board-weirdness-with-dollar-signs/916421/13 "2020-07-27T00:17:18Z")

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> [@ThelmaLou](#):
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> Just for my own information, should I have known what you meant by  
> “Escaped with backslashes”? without asking for clarification?

FWIW, it _is_ covered in [a recent ATMB thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-software-is-helpfully-inserting-registered-trademark-symbols/915941/2). That’s why I knew what your problem was as soon as I saw it.

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