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<node id="631531" title="Re^2: proposal: implement /em to emote in the chatterbox" created="2007-08-09 08:38:29" updated="2007-08-09 04:38:29">
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Joost</author>
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it's not a typo, it's a shorthand for "/emote". at least, that's how I always understood it.
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[http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/emote]:
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&lt;b&gt;emote&lt;/b&gt; chat&lt;br&gt;
(emotion) A command used on talk systems and MUDs to indicate the performance of an action, usually a facial expression of emotional state.&lt;br&gt;
(1996-11-28)&lt;br&gt;
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, © 1993-2007 Denis Howe
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&lt;em&gt;[id://149675|"What should it profit a man, if he should win a flame war, yet lose his cool?"]&lt;/em&gt;

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