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John Garison reports: <<Geoff Hart slipped in a great little goodie after a
humorous aside - he used an <Fe> tag. I knew it wasn't a REAL tag ... and it
took a minute to click: <fe> - Start Irony </fe> - End Irony>>
Yup! Glad you spotted it. Since you were wondering, there's a whole slew of
these things that I invented (and almost never use) nearly 5 years ago on
copyediting-l. They enjoyed their own brief moment of fame, and even got
republished in Delta's in-flight magazine at one point. If you're an STC
member, you can find my "periodic table of the emoticons" in the following
article:
Hart, G.J. 1998. (e)Xpressive Markup Language? Intercom June 1998: 44.
I've asked the Rays whether they'd be willing to repost this on Raycomm's
techwr-l site for those who are interested in occasionally appalling puns
and rather obscure "in" jokes. <g> Stay tuned!
--Geoff Hart, FERIC, Pointe-Claire, Quebec
geoff-h -at- mtl -dot- feric -dot- ca
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