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Re:The melancholy decline of the semicolon by ineedasername on Saturday November 27, 2021 @09:10PM (#29365553)
Thanks— I didn't realize there was an actual character for them. Though IIRC MSWord would sometimes auto format them into that single extended dash appearance.
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Re:The melancholy decline of the semicolon by gnubison on Sunday November 28, 2021 @11:35AM (#29370246)
Yes, iPhones automatically merge two dashes together as well.
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