# Maybe it's not a bug. Maybe it's an undcoumented feature.

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**Created:** [May 26, 2000, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maybe-its-not-a-bug-maybe-its-an-undcoumented-feature/20612 "2000-05-26T16:00:27Z")\
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**Author:** ![Nurlman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Nurlman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nurlman)\
**Post date:** [May 26, 2000, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maybe-its-not-a-bug-maybe-its-an-undcoumented-feature/20612/1 "2000-05-26T16:00:27Z")

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This is an effort to try and isolate a bug that I think I’ve found with the new software.

In a recent [thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=25300) I posted in GQ, the subject line I typed in read:

Origin of expression “shaggy dog story”

However, the software truncated it at the quote, leaving the thread topic as **Origin of Expression**

Then, I posted to a [thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=25260) in GD. When responding to a thread, you can enter a one-line subject that displays in bold at the top. In that box, I typed:

What the heck, I’ll take the “pro” side

However, when the post actually appeared, the subject line reads **What the heck, I’ll take the**

I’ve seen other thread titles with quotes in them, so what happened with my first post? (If this thread title does not contain “A test” in quotes at the end, the same truncation has occured here.) Do I need to use the ampersand equivalent for the quote marks?

As for my second post, there appears to be a bug that causes the software to drop anything in the “subject” line as soon as it encounters a quote. Or perhaps this is by design. Any thoughts? JDavis? Mods? Cecil? Bueller? Bueller?

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**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\
**Post date:** [May 26, 2000, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maybe-its-not-a-bug-maybe-its-an-undcoumented-feature/20612/2 "2000-05-26T16:25:17Z")

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I suspect those quotes have something to do with it; vB uses quotes in coding.

Lemme play with this a bit and see what I come up with.

your humble TubaDiva  
Administrator

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**Author:** ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\
**Post date:** [May 26, 2000, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maybe-its-not-a-bug-maybe-its-an-undcoumented-feature/20612/3 "2000-05-26T19:49:58Z")

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This happened to me, too, when I posted my note about “86” in “Comment on Cecil’s Columns.”

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**Author:** ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\
**Post date:** [May 26, 2000, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maybe-its-not-a-bug-maybe-its-an-undcoumented-feature/20612/4 "2000-05-26T19:54:29Z")

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I forgot to mention that CKDexter Haven fixed it for me.