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#226217 01/02/2017 11:03 PM
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Hello, We've moved forums to a new & improved (faster) server and also upgraded the software to the latest version. If you notice any problems, please post here. Thanks for your patience!

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Looks as if the "Today's Word" link from the Home page didn't update - it now gives Friday's "supercalifragilisticexpialidocious"
but I saw earlier today that it should be "Brahmin"

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Thanks for catching this. Fixed now.

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I notice that each of my en-dashes in the Sparteye's Game thread has changed into a question mark within a diamond.

I think I'll use plain hyphens in future!

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Here’s an em-dash —
and here’s an en-dash –

Let’s see how they appear after I press the submit button ...

Edit:

Well, they both appear fine in this post. Not sure what’s going on in the other post you mentioned.

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