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renie408

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17. I do that a lot, too.

Reply to Curmudgeoness (Reply #8)

Sat Feb 11, 2012, 06:22 AM

Feb 2012

I use dots to indicate a pause for emphasis in something I am writing.

I have seen several times where the total reply to an OP is '...' in the reply title and then nothing in the reply box. I thought it must mean something that everybody else on the board understood, but I didn't. Now I get that it doesn't have any kind of universal meaning that is eluding me.

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What do the dots mean? [View all] renie408 Feb 2012 OP

.............. Angry Dragon Feb 2012 #1

Ha. Ha. Ha. renie408 Feb 2012 #3

I use a dot if I don't want to write something in this line graywarrior Feb 2012 #2

Three dots together is an ellipsis, meaning something from a quote has been omitted. Scuba Feb 2012 #4

If somebody uses three dots as their total response to a post... renie408 Feb 2012 #5

If that is in the "reply title" it usually implies there's something in the "message text".... Scuba Feb 2012 #6

or they hit reply Kali Feb 2012 #9

I often use the "three dots" (...) or three exclamation points (!!!) in the subject line if... MiddleFingerMom Feb 2012 #7

I throw dots in all the time.... Curmudgeoness Feb 2012 #8

I do that a lot, too. renie408 Feb 2012 #17

sometimes I use dots when I write something that's pretty well know and the rest madmom Feb 2012 #10

I'll be damned...nobody knows! nolabear Feb 2012 #11

well... progressoid Feb 2012 #12

I like to use them because ... AsahinaKimi Feb 2012 #13

... MiddleFingerMom Feb 2012 #16

I'll use dots if I want to convey my message in a picture sakabatou Feb 2012 #14

I use them for Ditto emilyg Feb 2012 #15

I've also seen them posted here in "silent threads." Rhiannon12866 Feb 2012 #18

I use them when my "reply title" is longer than DU accepts but there's enough in the first few... hunter Feb 2012 #19