# Test.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test/301154>\
**Category:** About This Message Board\
**Created:** [April 26, 2005, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test/301154 "2005-04-26T14:33:09Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 10\
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**Author:** ![TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tellmei_mnotcrazy/32/3419_2.png) [@TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TellMeI_mNotCrazy)\
**Post date:** [April 26, 2005, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test/301154/1 "2005-04-26T14:33:09Z")

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The period at the end of this sentence is followed by two spaces and then some text. Test.

The period at the end of this sentence is followed by one spaces and then some text. Test.  
Yes I know the second spaces should have been singular, but I wanted to keep everything even.

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**Author:** ![dogbutler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dogbutler/32/428_2.png) [@dogbutler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dogbutler)\
**Post date:** [April 26, 2005, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test/301154/2 "2005-04-26T14:57:10Z")

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> [@TellMeI'mNotCrazy](#):
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Sorry, I think you’re mad as a hatter. 😃

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**Author:** ![Hostile\_Dialect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e495f1/32.png) [@Hostile\_Dialect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hostile_Dialect)\
**Post date:** [April 26, 2005, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test/301154/3 "2005-04-26T15:49:16Z")

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> [@dogbutler](#):
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> Sorry, I think you’re mad as a hatter. 😃

No need to apologize–_you’re_ not the one who’s mad. ;j

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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:** [April 26, 2005, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test/301154/4 "2005-04-26T16:12:19Z")

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You’re not crazy. The software parses your post and reduces adjacent spaces to a single instance. I was always taught that two spaces were to follow periods and colons; one space should follow commas and semi-colons. In fact, I still type this way. Apparently however, that convention is out-dated.

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**Author:** ![TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tellmei_mnotcrazy/32/3419_2.png) [@TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TellMeI_mNotCrazy)\
**Post date:** [April 26, 2005, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test/301154/5 "2005-04-26T17:47:29Z")

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After training myself to do it, I have no desire to untrain myself. I just happened to notice it when posting something earlier. Now it will drive me nuts.

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**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\
**Post date:** [April 26, 2005, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test/301154/6 "2005-04-26T18:24:11Z")

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Space & Spaces = Spaci

or Spi  
One dice, two dices both ‘die’ or is it ‘di’

I want some lexi

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**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\
**Post date:** [April 26, 2005, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test/301154/7 "2005-04-26T18:26:07Z")

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‘one whitespace character’

‘two whitespace character…s’ damn!

Bugger off samwich poodle. I feel odd today. And depressed.

Payday tomorrow. no beer at home. boobs crap boobs.

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**Author:** ![TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tellmei_mnotcrazy/32/3419_2.png) [@TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TellMeI_mNotCrazy)\
**Post date:** [April 26, 2005, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test/301154/8 "2005-04-26T18:26:43Z")

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And they tell me _I’m_ mad.

😛

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**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\
**Post date:** [April 26, 2005, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test/301154/9 "2005-04-26T18:34:36Z")

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Me? mad?

Bored? Yes

Tired? Yes

Depressed? Yes

Mad? er… Yes.

Bored? Yes.

Carpet? 42.

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**Author:** ![TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tellmei_mnotcrazy/32/3419_2.png) [@TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TellMeI_mNotCrazy)\
**Post date:** [April 26, 2005, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test/301154/10 "2005-04-26T18:40:03Z")

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Oooh you’ve reminded me. I must go see Hitchhiker’s this weekend. Wanna go? You will probably still be depressed, and possibly mad, and even maybe still mad, but…

Fine, so don’t go. 😛