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Feb 25, 2012 12:19

Oh, wait. That's my entire flist. Well, okay, here we are. I was about to slap someone for misspelling 'ampersand' when I decided to double-check before unleashing my wrath. Good thing I did, or I'd be typing this intro in blush-pink. Here's an explanation from someone called Dr. R:

typography, etymology, font

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tx_cronopio February 25 2012, 18:58:40 UTC
So cool! Although, knowing you, I'm shocked that you don't have an icon of a hamster wrapped up inside of an asperand...:)

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Hamster-hole ankhorite February 25 2012, 22:27:21 UTC
Oh, EXCELLENT!

But cuz we have just little nubtails, I guess we'd have to call it hamster-hole instead of hamster-tail or hamster-curl.

I'll see what I can do. :)

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agoodwinsmith February 25 2012, 19:20:30 UTC
Hexellent! Thank you. :)

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pshaw_raven February 25 2012, 20:29:05 UTC
I didn't know that thing even had a name! This is really interesting.

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OT: Icon Love! ankhorite February 25 2012, 22:24:39 UTC

Oooh, ahhh, love the cartoon eyes!

Hey, have you seen this image of a crow-woman?

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ilea February 26 2012, 01:33:56 UTC
I've always called @ the at sign or the snail.

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