# Quote test

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-test/283459>\
**Category:** About This Message Board\
**Created:** [January 6, 2005, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-test/283459 "2005-01-06T21:35:58Z")\
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**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\
**Post date:** [January 6, 2005, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-test/283459/1 "2005-01-06T21:35:58Z")

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> [@somebody](#):
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> Test

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> Test

FYI, quoted characters don’t count towards the minimum.

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**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\
**Post date:** [January 6, 2005, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-test/283459/2 "2005-01-06T21:37:49Z")

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Interesting: attribution causes quoted text to be italicized.

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**Author:** ![Squink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@Squink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squink)\
**Post date:** [January 6, 2005, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-test/283459/3 "2005-01-06T22:12:11Z")

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> Originally Posted by **ultrafilter**  
> Interesting: attribution causes quoted text to be italicized.

So it does, does it? 😃

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**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\
**Post date:** [January 6, 2005, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-test/283459/4 "2005-01-06T23:25:17Z")

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> Originally Posted by **Squink**  
> So it does, does it? 😃

Well, if you’re not sneaky about it…

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**Author:** ![scr4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/59ef9b/32.png) [@scr4](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scr4)\
**Post date:** [January 7, 2005, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-test/283459/5 "2005-01-07T00:11:41Z")

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> [@Squink](#):
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> So it does, does it? 😃

Hey, how did you do that?

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**Author:** ![Squink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@Squink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squink)\
**Post date:** [January 7, 2005, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-test/283459/6 "2005-01-07T00:27:06Z")

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Originally Posted by **scr4**  
Hey, how did you do that?

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**Author:** ![scr4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/59ef9b/32.png) [@scr4](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scr4)\
**Post date:** [January 7, 2005, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-test/283459/7 "2005-01-07T00:33:04Z")

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:smack: :smack:

I can’t believe I didn’t get that. I was thinking there must be a code to specify non-italic.