# ººÓï?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oi/1072>\
**Category:** About This Message Board\
**Created:** [March 21, 2000, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oi/1072 "2000-03-21T05:36:00Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 8\
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**Author:** ![Yue\_Han](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/eada6e/32.png) [@Yue\_Han](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yue_Han)\
**Post date:** [March 21, 2000, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oi/1072/1 "2000-03-21T05:36:00Z")

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ÕâÊǺº×ÖÂð?  
–°¬ Ô¼ º²

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'Twis brillig, and the slithy toves  
Did gyre and gymble in the wabe.  
Mimsy were the borogroves,  
And the momeraths outgrabe.

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**Author:** ![Yue\_Han](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/eada6e/32.png) [@Yue\_Han](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yue_Han)\
**Post date:** [March 21, 2000, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oi/1072/2 "2000-03-21T05:37:00Z")

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Anybody see Chinese fonts there? In looked like in the window using my IME, but now I see a lot of weird symbols.

–John

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**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\
**Post date:** [March 21, 2000, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oi/1072/3 "2000-03-21T05:55:00Z")

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> Originally posted by Yue Han:  
> **Anybody see Chinese fonts there? In looked like in the window using my IME, but now I see a lot of weird symbols.**

Have to _actively_ set IE’s encoding to Chinese (Big5) to get it, but I’m seeing Chinese charcters.

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_Eschew Obfuscation_

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**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\
**Post date:** [March 21, 2000, 5:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oi/1072/4 "2000-03-21T05:56:00Z")

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BTW, love your .sig, John. Jabberwocky is one of my favourite peices of verse.

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**Author:** ![Yue\_Han](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/eada6e/32.png) [@Yue\_Han](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yue_Han)\
**Post date:** [March 21, 2000, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oi/1072/5 "2000-03-21T15:30:00Z")

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Thanks on both counts, Tengu.

–John  
×£ Äã  
ºÍƽ

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**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\
**Post date:** [March 21, 2000, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oi/1072/6 "2000-03-21T22:44:00Z")

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[ul][§] uno  
[§] dos[/ul]

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**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\
**Post date:** [March 21, 2000, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oi/1072/7 "2000-03-21T22:45:00Z")

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[ul]§ uno  
§ dos[/ul]

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**Author:** ![Louie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c68b51/32.png) [@Louie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Louie)\
**Post date:** [March 22, 2000, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oi/1072/8 "2000-03-22T01:50:00Z")

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There was another poster who had a similar sig. Forgot who…