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Originally Posted by Thenamir

And all this time I thought it was "x" that marked the spot.

Originally Posted by Estelyn Telcontar

'Tis a matter of interpretation, Master Thenamir. There are those who would contend that Xs are kisses...

Why, just so, and how right that our Mistress of Historical Romance would think of that interpretation. For my part, I contemplated the X but with a shrug rejected it, as I was sure that no one who remembers my five years here on the Downs would in any way take seriously a mark from me signifying illiteracy.

And I must generously thank our Modess pio for her Squirrel the Grey, as greys abound in my home town and are most socialable.

Originally Posted by alatar

Stacking two ° together, one above and below, we get the numeral 8, which, as we all know is just ∞ standing up, commanding attention, ready to move.

That's looking more like a unicycle built for two, and there we are back again at Ms Zesty's kisses.

Originally Posted by Aiwendil

And what of the pilcrow, the solidus, the therefore sign, and that strangest of newfangled punctuation marks, the interrobang?

My siggie notwithstanding, I wouldn't stroke any key that produces an interrobang, at least not here at family-friendly BD, although possibly that is something Master Thena could handle.

Originally Posted by Legate

Uh-huh! Now mentioning it... what about *

Say that three times in a row with a straight face.

Originally Posted by TM

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Originally Posted by alatar

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Now if I had used the degree symbol, people would have thought I was going for bellylaughs, with such a belly button sign, and then everyone would have been asking Fordim for a poll to see how many Downers have innies and how many have outies. Come to think of it, do you suppose the first elves had bellybuttons? or Aule's dwarves? or, even, the Ainur?

There, I think I've quite successfully brought this back to a right proper Tolkien topic.