|  03-12-2009, 07:59 AM | #1 | 
| The Introvert            Posts: 8,307 Karma: 1000077497 Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: United Kingdom Device: Sony Reader PRS-650 & 505 & 500 | 
				
				New emotion icon Dito?
			 
			
			I just have noticed a new emo icon called   I was under the impression that the proper spelling is diTTo, double "t". Just wondering   | 
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|  03-12-2009, 08:45 AM | #2 | 
| Final Five n°42            Posts: 789 Karma: 3599 Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Lyon, France Device: Cybook Gen3 | 
			
			I'm under the same impression. Looking in the Wiktionary, it appears to be different in english vs other languages : http://fr.wiktionary.org/wiki/ditto http://fr.wiktionary.org/wiki/dito | 
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|  03-12-2009, 08:53 AM | #3 | 
| The Introvert            Posts: 8,307 Karma: 1000077497 Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: United Kingdom Device: Sony Reader PRS-650 & 505 & 500 | 
			
			It is an english forum, isn't?
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|  03-12-2009, 12:56 PM | #4 | 
| Chocolate Grasshopper ...            Posts: 27,599 Karma: 20821184 Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Scotland Device: Muse HD , Cybook Gen3 , Pocketbook 302 (Black) , Nexus 10: wife has PW | 
			
			it's not new - it's been around for ages, and the spelling was mentioned in a previous existence too.....
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|  03-12-2009, 02:40 PM | #5 | 
| The Introvert            Posts: 8,307 Karma: 1000077497 Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: United Kingdom Device: Sony Reader PRS-650 & 505 & 500 | 
			
			Oh. I have never seen it before. Why does it have one "t"? Any particular reason? | 
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|  03-12-2009, 05:48 PM | #6 | 
| Grand Sorcerer            Posts: 8,574 Karma: 64462893 Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Harrisburg outskirts Device: Palms, K1-4s, iPads, iPhones, KV, KO1 | 
			
			(( so you'll keep banging your head on the keyboard like that?  just a guess, mind you....  ))
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|  03-13-2009, 10:26 AM | #7 | 
| Chocolate Grasshopper ...            Posts: 27,599 Karma: 20821184 Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Scotland Device: Muse HD , Cybook Gen3 , Pocketbook 302 (Black) , Nexus 10: wife has PW | 
			
			There must have been a dearth of "t"s when they made that particular smilie ...
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|  03-13-2009, 03:50 PM | #8 | 
| Fanatic            Posts: 551 Karma: 1121392 Join Date: May 2008 Location: USA Device: HTC One M8 | 
			
			According to Babelfish, "dito" is Italian for "finger"...   | 
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|  03-13-2009, 05:02 PM | #9 | 
| The Introvert            Posts: 8,307 Karma: 1000077497 Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: United Kingdom Device: Sony Reader PRS-650 & 505 & 500 | 
			
			Yup it came from Italian.
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|  03-14-2009, 05:42 AM | #10 | 
| frumious Bandersnatch            Posts: 7,570 Karma: 20150435 Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Spaniard in Sweden Device: Cybook Orizon, Kobo Aura | |
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|  03-14-2009, 03:23 PM | #11 | 
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|  03-15-2009, 05:54 AM | #12 | 
| Chocolate Grasshopper ...            Posts: 27,599 Karma: 20821184 Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Scotland Device: Muse HD , Cybook Gen3 , Pocketbook 302 (Black) , Nexus 10: wife has PW | 
			
			....perhaps the double T came from Churchill's famous salute  .....      | 
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|  03-21-2009, 04:27 PM | #13 | 
| GuteBook/Mobi2IMP Creator            Posts: 2,958 Karma: 2530691 Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Toronto, Canada Device: REB1200 EBW1150 Device: T1 NSTG iLiad_v2 NC Device: Asus_TF Next1 WPDN | 
			
			I too noticed that, but just rolled my own version, as indicated last year in this thread. Feel free to use this one: | 
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|  03-21-2009, 06:06 PM | #14 | 
| The Introvert            Posts: 8,307 Karma: 1000077497 Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: United Kingdom Device: Sony Reader PRS-650 & 505 & 500 | 
			
			Cool! Thanks   | 
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