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::::::If God wanted people to distinguish between a dash and a hyphen, why did She make them look the same?[[User:Smallchief|Smallchief ]] ([[User talk:Smallchief|talk]]) |
::::::If God wanted people to distinguish between a dash and a hyphen, why did She make them look the same?[[User:Smallchief|Smallchief ]] ([[User talk:Smallchief|talk]]) |
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:::::::Ask any husband; you can never tell which of two identical things "She" wants you to choose. ;-( [[User:Martin of Sheffield|Martin of Sheffield]] ([[User talk:Martin of Sheffield|talk]]) 11:19, 8 October 2018 (UTC) |
:::::::Ask any husband; you can never tell which of two identical things "She" wants you to choose. ;-( [[User:Martin of Sheffield|Martin of Sheffield]] ([[User talk:Martin of Sheffield|talk]]) 11:19, 8 October 2018 (UTC) |
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[[File:Dash font comparison.png|thumb|right|These comparisons of the hyphen (-), en dash (–), and em dash (—), in various 12-point fonts, illustrate the typical relationship between lengths ("- n – m —"). In some fonts, the en dash is not much longer than the hyphen, and in [[Lucida Grande]], the en dash is actually shorter than the hyphen.]] |
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:::::::If hyphens and dashes look alike to you, you are using a deficient font. Not hard to fix. See [[dash]]. [[User:Dicklyon|Dicklyon]] ([[User talk:Dicklyon|talk]]) 14:51, 8 October 2018 (UTC) |
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Well let me askye something... when He transmitted "I am the α and the ῼ"{{snd}}what code page was he working from then? [[User:EEng#s|<b style="color: red;">E</b>]][[User talk:EEng#s|<b style="color: blue;">Eng</b>]] 02:55, 8 October 2018 (UTC) |
Well let me askye something... when He transmitted "I am the α and the ῼ"{{snd}}what code page was he working from then? [[User:EEng#s|<b style="color: red;">E</b>]][[User talk:EEng#s|<b style="color: blue;">Eng</b>]] 02:55, 8 October 2018 (UTC) |
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:Aramaic, written in a Hebrew script not [yet] available on computers, most probably. --[[User:Dweller|Dweller]] ([[User talk:Dweller|talk]]) <small>Become [[Wikipedia:Old Fashioned Wikipedian Values|old fashioned!]]</small> 08:55, 8 October 2018 (UTC) |
:Aramaic, written in a Hebrew script not [yet] available on computers, most probably. --[[User:Dweller|Dweller]] ([[User talk:Dweller|talk]]) <small>Become [[Wikipedia:Old Fashioned Wikipedian Values|old fashioned!]]</small> 08:55, 8 October 2018 (UTC) |
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