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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 2 of 2 1 2 Re: coloring #144550 06/28/05 04:03 PM Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 5,400 rego park of troy Carpal Tunnel of troy Carpal Tunnel Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 5,400 rego park purple is my favorite color.. but i am lazy--and blue is the shortest (save for red) colorname to type. and so i use blue much more often than purple.. but i wear purple, and red hats, --oh never mind that is total different topic! my other obsession Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: No stinkin' rules- (or the secret rules) #144551 06/28/05 08:12 PM Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,757 M maverick Carpal Tunnel maverick Carpal Tunnel M Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,757 > some of us post in green and some of us used to post in green if quoting from a post but blue if quoting from another (external) source... I still do the latter always, but have dropped '[gree n]' in favour of '>' to save 14 keystrokes, nothing to do with lousy basketball teams :) Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Blue/green #144552 06/28/05 09:37 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 I, on the other hand, used to use blue when I was quoting a previous post and green for external quotes. Then I discovered that Dr Bill couldn't read the blue very well so I switched to italics. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Blue/green #144553 06/28/05 09:39 PM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass tsuwm Carpal Tunnel tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass I, on still another other hand, used to use purple for.. but why am I bothering to state the obvious?! - ron o. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: coloring #144554 06/29/05 03:31 AM Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 2,788 Seattle, Washington, USA Father Steve Carpal Tunnel Father Steve Carpal Tunnel Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 2,788 Seattle, Washington, USA "I have long ceased to argue with people who prefer Thursday to Wednesday because it is Thursday." ~G. K. Chesterton Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: No stinkin' rules- (or the secret rules) #144555 06/29/05 04:36 AM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 3,065 Jakarta B Bingley Carpal Tunnel Bingley Carpal Tunnel B Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 3,065 Jakarta Dear me, most of these subtleties of usage have passed me by. I quite regularly use the quote tag to quote someone. If I need to quote more than one person to set the context for my remarks then I generally colour code to differentiate between them. Helen, you didn't mention the use of white for material not everyone may wish to read immediately (because it's the answer to a puzzle or is an aside). Bingley Bingley Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Page 2 of 2 1 2 Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,913 Posts229,350 Members9,182 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members Ineffable, ddrinnan, TRIALNERRA, befuddledmind, KILL_YOUR_SUV 9,182 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 members (), 845 guests, and 1 robot. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 29 A C Bowden 22 LukeJavan8 2 ddrinnan 1 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,549 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,918 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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