# test

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test/336195>\
**Category:** About This Message Board\
**Created:** [December 18, 2005, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test/336195 "2005-12-18T18:46:52Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![flintlock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/cc9497/32.png) [@flintlock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flintlock)\
**Post date:** [December 18, 2005, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test/336195/1 "2005-12-18T18:46:52Z")

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:d

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**Author:** ![flintlock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/cc9497/32.png) [@flintlock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flintlock)\
**Post date:** [December 18, 2005, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test/336195/2 "2005-12-18T18:48:47Z")

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Oops. That should have been 😃 :\*\*D

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**Author:** ![flintlock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/cc9497/32.png) [@flintlock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flintlock)\
**Post date:** [December 18, 2005, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test/336195/3 "2005-12-18T18:50:55Z")

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Looks like the system converts :\*\*D to :\*\*d when you turn off smilies. Perhaps that thing about converting all upper case to lower?