# subscript test

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subscript-test/199907>\
**Category:** About This Message Board\
**Created:** [September 6, 2003, 10:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subscript-test/199907 "2003-09-06T10:23:31Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![alterego](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6bbea6/32.png) [@alterego](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alterego)\
**Post date:** [September 6, 2003, 10:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subscript-test/199907/1 "2003-09-06T10:23:31Z")

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saw this mentioned and wanted to test it  
blah blah blah [sub]subscript[/sub] blah blah blah [sup]superscript[/sup]

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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:** [September 6, 2003, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subscript-test/199907/2 "2003-09-06T15:05:26Z")

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blah blah blah [sub]Help, [sub]I’m[sub] sinking ! [/sub][/sub][/sub]blah blah blah

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**Author:** ![Flamsterette\_X](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/41988e/32.png) [@Flamsterette\_X](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flamsterette_X)\
**Post date:** [September 9, 2003, 7:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subscript-test/199907/3 "2003-09-09T07:24:50Z")

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[sub]New Orleans is sinking, and I don’t want to swim[/sub]

(Tragically Hip reference)