# Unreal coincidence: MS Word users

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unreal-coincidence-ms-word-users/82467>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [September 18, 2001, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unreal-coincidence-ms-word-users/82467 "2001-09-18T21:27:35Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\
**Post date:** [September 19, 2001, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unreal-coincidence-ms-word-users/82467/21 "2001-09-19T01:45:42Z")

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Webdings are just another form of wingding. The term “wingding” has a long history in typography, referring to characters that aren’t letters, numbers, or punctuation marks. They can be used for bullets, borders (putting three webdings on a line to separate two articles, for instance) and general design work. Webdings were probably names as “web wingdings.”

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**Author:** ![erislover](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/71e660/32.png) [@erislover](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/erislover)\
**Post date:** [September 19, 2001, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unreal-coincidence-ms-word-users/82467/22 "2001-09-19T03:38:29Z")

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Sorry guys, didn’t see the other thread. ☹

And no, of course the 72 doesn’t matter. Just for easy readin’.

> [@](#):
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> \*Originally posted by dwyr \*  
> \*\*My first name in wingdings has fingers pointing at unhappy smilies.
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> I’ve always suspected as much. \*\*

HA 😃 Perfect.

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