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Abdalan
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 Message 41 of 63
23 November 2011 at 2:45am | IP Logged 
Two "dumb quotes" walk into a bar, have two drinks (alt+0147 and alt+0148), and then
leave as “smart quotes”.
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 Message 42 of 63
23 November 2011 at 3:04am | IP Logged 
The subjunctive would walk into a bar, were it in the mood, but only if it were important that it do so!

Edited by iguanamon on 23 November 2011 at 12:24pm

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 Message 43 of 63
23 November 2011 at 7:47am | IP Logged 
Does the question mark walk into a bar?

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 Message 44 of 63
23 November 2011 at 1:35pm | IP Logged 
I would say a man walks into a bar, but can't remember the kanji reading for 'bar'
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 Message 45 of 63
23 November 2011 at 1:40pm | IP Logged 
Søme Dænish/Nørwegiæn letters wålk into æ bår.

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 Message 46 of 63
23 November 2011 at 5:28pm | IP Logged 
An uppercase walks into a BAR.
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DaraghM
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 Message 47 of 63
23 November 2011 at 5:32pm | IP Logged 
A cloze test walks ___ a bar.

Edited by DaraghM on 23 November 2011 at 5:33pm

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 Message 48 of 63
24 November 2011 at 10:10am | IP Logged 
Abdalan wrote:
Two "dumb quotes" walk into a bar, have two drinks (alt+0147 and
alt+0148), and then
leave as “smart quotes”.


The two “smart quotes” walk into a German bar the next day and one of them drinks too
much, falls to the floor, and they stagger out as „deutsche Anführungszeichen“


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