[LMB] Alternate easy methods to tag quotes

Peter H. Granzeau pgranzeau at cox.net
Mon Mar 10 14:07:46 GMT 2008


At 07:24 AM 3/10/2008, micki  yamada wrote:
>>I'll give this carat-thing a shot for quoting; I don't want to hand-carat
>>everything, either. But I will try to keep the quoting to the absolute
>>minimum.
>
>Carat?  I thought that was a measurement of fineness in gold?
>**** Yeah, carats, like brilliance in diamonds. My mind is now working in 
>negative carats. OK, smarty, I meant caret. (-: You jerk my chain, I'll jerk 
>yours. Sorry for any confusion.

Ugh. I looked "carat" up and it said gold.  I never thought of karat.  Carat is, of course, a measurement of gem weight. 



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