Welcome. I see no one has yet mentioned the squid nor the goat. Exciting things await you!
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I thought she meant “hard asses”, but yours works, too!
Willkommen!
[sub]I don’t speak German, either, but I have been to Helen, GAmany times![/sub]
I took German in high school. Does that count?
It’s a colon that fell over.
Hello, and welcome!
Ahh, I’ve heard of the transverse colon.
Just illustrates that there actually is a reason to render it correctly. Sloppiness is imprecision.
Ice cream? You want ice cream?
They only “got really bent about it” because you were doing it on purpose. People generally overlook typos and genuine mistakes.
Oh, and welcome to the Dope!
Could be worse. Could be Almost Pizza!
I hate it when my colon falls over.
Greetings laurieb,
From Beckdawrek
“Hi…rule: watch your punctuation and spelling. There are harasses here who get really bent about it!”
Yep, I agree. We “hardasses” actually think proper punctuation and spelling have some merit.
From bobot
“You can tell the cool people around here by the lack of capital letters in names.”
I would disagree.
In any case, I think you’ll find the SDMB a reasonably cerebral forum. I do.
But not the proper use of quote boxes? :dubious:
No no:cool: the cool people have punctuation in their screen names:D
Ya know like apostrophes:smack::rolleyes:
You see what I mean? Mispell one word…
I wasn’t ever doing it on purpose. I just like ellipses. But mispelling is just that, no premeditated intent…
Welcome, laurieb.
Have you been…initiated…yet?
What part of Chicago? I live in Lakeview, near Wrigley.