I am laughing at this being a UK thing...my boss in Toronto used to put that on bulleted lists of things for me to do...I had never seen it before and always assumed he was trying to make the following smiley :-) and just forgot to put the mouth on there! Now I know better...see you do learn something new everyday!! :-) Melissa
> Date: Tue, 6 Feb 2007 15:06:56 -0500> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL > PROTECTED]> CC: [email protected]> Subject: Re: [TCP] Introduce a list > with colon + dash, history> > Brierley, Sean wrote:> > When I was a lad, we > used a colon plus dash to introduce a list.> > > > My list of cool cars > includes:-> > > > *Austin Healy 3000> > *WRX> > *Evo VIII> > *'68 Mustang 428 > Cobra Jet> > > > Anyone else taught that way? Why was it taught that way, > what's the> > history? Why was it discontinued? Am I losing my mind?> > > > > AFAIK it's a UK thing that never caught on in the US. I'm not sure that > any > UK publishers still use it, but some may.> > > > ______________________________________________> > Author Help files and > create printed documentation with Doc-To-Help.> New release adds Team > Authoring Support, enhanced Web-based help> technology and PDF output. Learn > more at www.doctohelp.com/tcp.> > > DITA West 2007--Use a discount code of > "TECHCOMMPROS" to get a discount rate of $200 off the $900 registration > price. http://www.travelthepath.com/conf/dita2007.shtml> > _______________________________________________> > Technical Communication > Professionals> > Post a message to the list: email [EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Subscribe, unsubscribe, archives, account options, list info: > http://techcommpros.com/mailman/listinfo/tcp_techcommpros.com> Subscribe > (email): send a blank message to [EMAIL PROTECTED]> Unsubscribe (email): send > a blank message to [EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Need help? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Get the TCP whole experience! http://www.techcommpros.com ______________________________________________ Author Help files and create printed documentation with Doc-To-Help. New release adds Team Authoring Support, enhanced Web-based help technology and PDF output. Learn more at www.doctohelp.com/tcp. DITA West 2007--Use a discount code of "TECHCOMMPROS" to get a discount rate of $200 off the $900 registration price. http://www.travelthepath.com/conf/dita2007.shtml _______________________________________________ Technical Communication Professionals Post a message to the list: email [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, unsubscribe, archives, account options, list info: http://techcommpros.com/mailman/listinfo/tcp_techcommpros.com Subscribe (email): send a blank message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe (email): send a blank message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Need help? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] Get the TCP whole experience! http://www.techcommpros.com
