Need quickie help

[Apathetic Lurker]

what are the definitions of these symbols

>

"

:

;

I know I should know them but i'm drawing a complete f-ing blank but need to know

[lordscarlet]

In what context?

[Drake]

Quickie help? Avoid the bedroom - think more "walk in closet" or "bathroom vanity". Pick a somewhat uncomfortable position to increase the urgency.

People have been using automobile backseats for a couple of generations, too. That seems to work in a pinch.

Edit: Or just have kids. Once you have kids, all you have time for is quickies.

[spleen1015]

what are the definitions of these symbols

>

"

:

;

I know I should know them but i'm drawing a complete f-ing blank but need to know

> is greater than

" is double quotes

: is a colon

; is a semicolon

Is this a joke?

[JonInMiddleGA]

Is this a joke?

I wondered that too, although I thought the question might actually be in terms of the meaning of them as emoticons/chatspeak/netspeak/whatever.

I'm somewhat curious to see what the actually intent of the question was.

[Apathetic Lurker]

> is greater than

" is double quotes

: is a colon

; is a semicolon

Is this a joke?

no , not a joke.. last night my mother, who lives in Poland emailed me this list and wanted to know what they were.and needed them ASAP. I knew the other 50 or so but drew a complete absolute blank with these. Yeah , its embarrasing but I dont give a flying fuck.

This was needed for a class on pronounciation and no one there knew what the correct form was. Once my brain freeze was over and I knew what they were it was easy for me to give the definition and to phonetically write out the sounding of each. So you did a good thing.. Nothing neferious or meant as a joke in this.. Just some old people trying to learn and understand English.

[DanGarion]

> is greater than

" is double quotes

: is a colon

; is a semicolon

Is this a joke?


Um " is just a quotation mark, I'm not sure it's referenced as "double" quotes.

(edit) I see it referenced as such now.

[SFL Cat]

oops...just glanced at the "need quickie" part and was curious. carry on.

[Apathetic Lurker]

Actually looked at her original and her double quotation symbol is lower case .. Weird Euro keyboard I guess

[DanGarion]

This might help you.
Quotation mark - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%22)

[DanGarion]

Also > is a bracket.

And to get real specific, angle brackets, diamond brackets or chevrons:

[DanGarion]

I'm going to start using these in my everyday writing.

asterism ( ⁂ )
index/fist ( ☞ )
therefore sign ( ∴ )
because sign ( ∵ )
interrobang ( ‽ )
irony mark ( ⸮ )
lozenge ( ◊ )
reference mark ( ※ )

[thealmighty]

therefore sign ( ∴ )

I use this one in math class all the time.

[Karlifornia]

therefore sign ( ∴ )

I use this one in math class all the time.

My 6th grade algebra teacher used this sign quite a bit.