Quotation Marks

[Mexican18]

Why do many ABers use obliques instead of quotation marks? I find this a little strange. Is it that I am just not 'down with the kids'. I can get down,I just can't get back up!

[Mexican18]

Great use of quotation marks Mikey!

[mikey4444]

Thanks Mexy !

[Old_Geezer]

Bally heck ! Really ?

[goodgoalie]

And could someone please explain what * round a word means. Is it to show irony?

[Old_Geezer]

IMO just to make it stand out as important.

[Thirdamigo]

I was thinking who is or are "Ab'ers" but after a quick search and not the full search of "1000 answers" and the "1000 questions" after an "Ab'er" search in the search bar it appears that "Ab'ers" means "Answerbankers"
Hopefully^ that goes into the search so new users who are not savvy with abbreviations "get it"

Not only "Ab'ers"


Looky here and the answer lies within...

http://s3.amazonaws.com/everystockphoto/fspid21/12/07/87/1/everystockphoto-1207871-o.jpg

[Mamyalynne]

Quoting from a source..

//I use these// - I know that form annoys some (sorry)

Quoting what I said...

' I use these' or "I use these"

[Mexican18]

Surely a quote from a source should be single quotation marks.

[Mamyalynne]

Maybe it should, I am simply telling you how I do it.


I wasn't aware we had to conform to a rule here - has that changed?

[Mexican18]

Calm down Mamy.

[douglas9401]

Bally: vaguely resembling a ball.

[Thirdamigo]

The grammar police should hopefully be here shortly to iron this out.

[Mamyalynne]

I only do calm Mexi.

[dannyk13]

If posting an extract from a thread then I use // &//. If posting what has been said then I use " & "

[Mexican18]

If you only do calm,perhaps you should try wild
.

[Mamyalynne]

Frighten the horses?

[Eleena]

So not " .... but '
See, I was using "