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Re: Pet peeves

#50221 12/18/2001 11:52 PM

Joined: Nov 2000

Posts: 866
Perth, Western Australia

stales

old hand

stales

old hand

Joined: Nov 2000

Posts: 866
Perth, Western Australia

Further to: ...quotes rather than an exclamation mark to place emphasis on a written word...

There seems to be a school of signwriting here in WA that espouses this. It's not uncommon to see signs saying "STOP" or "SALE" or Avoid the XMas rush - buy "NOW"

It p***es me off so much that I wonder if I'm turning into just another old cranky guy! Probably

......I remember when I was young......

stales

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Pet peeves AnnaStrophic 12/17/2001 6:41 PM

Re: Pet peeves wwh 12/17/2001 6:49 PM

Re: Pet peeves Faldage 12/17/2001 6:59 PM

Re: Pet peeves Keiva 12/17/2001 7:40 PM

Re: Pet peeves of troy 12/17/2001 7:47 PM

Re: Pet peeves AnnaStrophic 12/17/2001 7:55 PM

Re: Pet peeves Keiva 12/17/2001 8:02 PM

Re: Pet peeves Jackie 12/17/2001 11:49 PM

My onliest Pet peeve Faldage 12/17/2001 8:02 PM

Re: My onliest Pet peeve of troy 12/17/2001 8:14 PM

this really makes me swear consuelo 12/17/2001 10:47 PM

Re: Pet peeves Faldage 12/18/2001 11:26 AM

Re: Pet peeves Keiva 12/18/2001 1:38 PM

Re: Pet peeves doc_comfort 12/18/2001 4:32 AM

Re: Pet peeves stales 12/18/2001 5:39 AM

Re: Pet peeves stales 12/18/2001 5:40 AM

Re: Pet peeves stales 12/18/2001 5:45 AM

Re: Pet peeves Faldage 12/18/2001 11:33 AM

Re: Pet peeves stales 12/18/2001 11:52 PM

Re: cranky ol' stales AnnaStrophic 12/19/2001 2:17 PM

Re: cranky ol' stales tsuwm 12/19/2001 3:40 PM

Re: cranky ol' joe tsuwm 12/19/2001 5:13 PM

Another one TEd Remington 12/19/2001 5:22 PM

Re: Another one Capital Kiwi 12/20/2001 7:59 AM

Max Quordlepleen 12/19/2001 6:16 PM

Re: cranky ol' joe tsuwm 12/19/2001 6:24 PM

Re: cranky ol' joe musick 12/19/2001 11:25 PM

Re: cranky ol' joe Keiva 12/19/2001 6:41 PM

Re: in no particular order Faldage 12/20/2001 2:46 PM

Re: in no particular order tsuwm 12/20/2001 3:10 PM

In no particular nilly musick 12/20/2001 7:56 PM

Re: cranky ol' joe tsuwm 02/09/2002 4:33 PM

Re: Pet peeves slithy toves 02/09/2002 5:13 PM

Re: Pet peeves Capital Kiwi 02/09/2002 5:31 PM

Re: Pet peeves slithy toves 02/09/2002 6:03 PM

Re: Pet peeves Capital Kiwi 02/09/2002 6:05 PM

Re: Pet peeves tsuwm 02/09/2002 6:10 PM

Re: Pet peeves slithy toves 02/09/2002 7:27 PM

Re: Pet peeves Faldage 02/09/2002 7:54 PM

Re: Pet peeves tsuwm 02/09/2002 8:04 PM

Re: Pet peeves Faldage 02/09/2002 8:17 PM

Re: Pet peeves Capital Kiwi 02/09/2002 8:38 PM

Re: Pet peeves Faldage 02/09/2002 10:32 PM

Re: Pet peeves Keiva 02/09/2002 9:14 PM

Re: Pet peeves stales 12/18/2001 5:47 AM

Re: Pet peeves stales 12/18/2001 5:51 AM

Re: Pet peeves Keiva 12/18/2001 6:12 AM

Re: Pet peeves stales 12/18/2001 6:57 AM

Re: Pet peeves Keiva 12/18/2001 1:28 PM

Re: Pet peeves TEd Remington 12/18/2001 5:35 PM

Re: Pet peeves Keiva 12/18/2001 5:56 PM

Re: Pet peeves Faldage 12/18/2001 6:16 PM

Re: Pet peeves musick 12/18/2001 11:04 PM

Re: Pet peeves Keiva 12/18/2001 11:21 PM

Re: Pet peeves jimthedog 02/10/2002 9:11 PM

Re: Pet peeves Flatlander 12/19/2001 2:40 PM

Re: Pet peeves Rapunzel 12/20/2001 1:01 PM

Re: Pet peeves milum 12/20/2001 11:27 PM

Re: Pet peeves tsuwm 12/21/2001 1:16 AM

Re: For the record, milum Faldage 12/21/2001 2:02 AM

Re: Pet peeves Jazzoctopus 12/21/2001 11:04 PM

Re: Pet peeves musick 12/22/2001 12:15 AM

Re: Pet peeves milum 12/22/2001 11:35 AM

Re: Back to Pet peeves wow 02/10/2002 4:39 PM

Re: Back to Pet peeves Keiva 02/10/2002 5:06 PM

Re: Back to Pet peeves hev 02/10/2002 9:22 PM

Re: Back to Pet peeves Tsyganka 02/11/2002 6:09 AM

Re: Pet peeves stales 12/21/2001 1:16 AM

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