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in reply to Re: proposal: implement /em to emote in the chatterbox
in thread proposal: implement /em to emote in the chatterbox

Dark Ages of Camelot used /em. I prefer /me (since you can actually read what you're typing and you'll get the right person for your verbs), but I recognize that some might be used to /em.

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Re^3: proposal: implement /em to emote in the chatterbox
by tye (Sage) on Aug 09, 2007 at 15:46 UTC

    Yeah, I don't see a problem with implementing it. I've seen enough different people type "/em" to realize that it must be a somewhat common meme in other circles.

    - tye        

      oh...that was just me mistyping something in the CB again ;-)

      Though on the other hand, how much more fun would it be if we made '/em' an alias to "/me makes a typo while saying that /me !*"? <grin>



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Re^3: proposal: implement /em to emote in the chatterbox
by Gavin (Archbishop) on Aug 10, 2007 at 11:11 UTC
    I must be getting old.
    I always thought 'em was was a colloquialism of them.