# Ignore this, merely a test

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ignore-this-merely-a-test/18255>\
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**Created:** [May 1, 2000, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ignore-this-merely-a-test/18255 "2000-05-01T14:24:41Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![Inky\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/7feea3/32.png) [@Inky\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inky_1)\
**Post date:** [May 1, 2000, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ignore-this-merely-a-test/18255/1 "2000-05-01T14:24:41Z")

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test, test, test.

test…

?

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**Author:** ![Tinker\_Grey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tinker_grey/32/8136_2.png) [@Tinker\_Grey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tinker_Grey)\
**Post date:** [May 1, 2000, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ignore-this-merely-a-test/18255/2 "2000-05-01T17:01:25Z")

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> test, test, test.
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quote within a quote??

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**Author:** ![Havoc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Havoc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Havoc)\
**Post date:** [May 1, 2000, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ignore-this-merely-a-test/18255/3 "2000-05-01T20:53:26Z")

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I feel the need to test.

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**Author:** ![johnpriest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f0a364/32.png) [@johnpriest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnpriest)\
**Post date:** [May 2, 2000, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ignore-this-merely-a-test/18255/4 "2000-05-02T18:16:23Z")

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Test help from mattmanz\_da\_man

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**Author:** ![Whammo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8dc957/32.png) [@Whammo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whammo)\
**Post date:** [May 3, 2000, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ignore-this-merely-a-test/18255/5 "2000-05-03T20:51:02Z")

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test

\<img src=“[http://homepages.go.com/~cmcinternationalrecords/devil.gif](http://homepages.go.com/~cmcinternationalrecords/devil.gif)” border=0\>

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**Author:** ![andros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e480ec/32.png) [@andros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andros)\
**Post date:** [May 3, 2000, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ignore-this-merely-a-test/18255/6 "2000-05-03T21:40:31Z")

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This is the body

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> this is the first quote
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> > this is the second quote
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> > > and this might possibly be the third quote
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> > > > so the question is:
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> > > > > how deep
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> > > > > > can the quotes
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> > > > > > > be nested?
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> > > > > > > > This is so cool.

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**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\
**Post date:** [May 4, 2000, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ignore-this-merely-a-test/18255/7 "2000-05-04T05:47:44Z")

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Testing & codes for special characters.

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