On Sun, 31 Aug 2008 14:50:34 +0100, "J. P. Gilliver (John)"
 wrote:

>In message <25c0IeBWNHuIFAPu@mike.mcmillan>, Mike McMillan 
> writes
>[]
>>>Morse's Oxford 200 times more deadly than it should have been.
>>
>>It is for similar reasons that I don't think I would wish to take my 
>>holidays when and wherever Hercules Poirot is 'On Vacance' ;-)))
>
>That'd be "En" (-:.
>[]

John. my curiosity has got the better of me. Does the '[]' have any
meaning? I've often wondered whether they were a smilie of some sort.


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On Sun, 31 Aug 2008 15:16:29 +0100, Paul Herber
 wrote:

>On Sun, 31 Aug 2008 14:50:34 +0100, "J. P. Gilliver (John)"
> wrote:
>
>>In message <25c0IeBWNHuIFAPu@mike.mcmillan>, Mike McMillan 
>> writes
>>[]
>>>>Morse's Oxford 200 times more deadly than it should have been.
>>>
>>>It is for similar reasons that I don't think I would wish to take my 
>>>holidays when and wherever Hercules Poirot is 'On Vacance' ;-)))
>>
>>That'd be "En" (-:.
>>[]
>
>John. my curiosity has got the better of me. Does the '[]' have any
>meaning? I've often wondered whether they were a smilie of some sort.

Cherie Blair smiley?

lff

J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote:

>>> []

> Sorry: it has come to my attention somewhere else that they're not as 
> universally understood as I thought they were.
> 
> They mean [some of original snipped here for clarity/brevity], that's 
> all. 

I always use [...] and believe this to be more wildly (TWATBILI) known 
than without the dots (which I've never seen before and hadn't spotted 
or recognised for what it was until you explained). However, it could be 
that nobody's ever known what I was on about either. :o)))

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