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#38549 31-Jul-2009 15:00
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Bit of a pain typing out 2degrees and there is no reason it should be substituting them with a question mark that I can think of...




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  #241009 31-Jul-2009 15:04
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2deg?




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  #241014 31-Jul-2009 15:21
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We remove all those characters because of havoc they cause in RSS feeds. Also the company name is 2 Degrees Mobile anyway...




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  #241488 2-Aug-2009 17:29
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But the logo is 2^o, so why not imitate that when abbreviating the name? I suppose you're right. We should all stick to 2 Degrees Mobile. :)



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  #241879 3-Aug-2009 16:56
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  #241894 3-Aug-2009 17:26
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bazzer: But the logo is 2^o, so why not imitate that when abbreviating the name? I suppose you're right. We should all stick to 2 Degrees Mobile. :)


Would be confusing if we referred to Vodafone around these forums as ' (meant to be an upside-down apostrophe!)

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  #242339 4-Aug-2009 13:15
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Not if it were as obvious as 2 Degrees Mobile's logo is. Logos are well recognised, if a decent version of it could be produced in text, how would that be confusing? If the ' that you used looked anything like the Vodafone logo I would've known what you meant.

Does this work? 2o?  Not that I necessarily recommend people to use it, but looks like 2 Degrees Mobile to me!

Edit: Or at least it did until I submitted the reply and the HTML tags were stripped...

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  #242390 4-Aug-2009 14:54
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2o

Hmm, that didn't work, tried a superscript copy from word. Worked in the preview.




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  #243931 7-Aug-2009 13:36
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Yes, the forum is US ASCII only as far as I can tell. Also means that people who wish to use the "UK Pound" symbol or the Euro symbol cannot do so. Very frustrating.




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davide: Yes, the forum is US ASCII only as far as I can tell. Also means that people who wish to use the "UK Pound" symbol or the Euro symbol cannot do so. Very frustrating.


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  #244415 9-Aug-2009 12:38
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Something's obviously changed since I played this game last... my apologies!




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  #244418 9-Aug-2009 12:49
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When I last tried it, they didnt work either ? pound ? euro ? degrees

edit - nope - still not working. How are you entering them so that they work?

Perhaps the full editor will be better £ € °




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#244422 9-Aug-2009 12:54
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How about " 2° "  =   2°

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  #244424 9-Aug-2009 13:06
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well it seems that if a post is edited you can add them so thats good enough for now I suppose - still no subject tho...




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