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04-17-2005, 05:08 PM
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#1 | | | | | | | Certified Executive Chef
Profile: Join Date: Oct 2004
Posts: 4,357
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A *member? contacted me re a recipe I posted to get clarification, because the word "amp" showed up in the post. Have also noticed other posts with the word "amp." What does that mean/why does it show up in recipes/posts in forums here, please? How can we(?) avoid/fix it?
*Member? I received an e-mail, I assumed was from a member asking for clarification on the recipe re the "amp" showing up. When I checked the member list, that person was not a listed member. I have no problem with helping people out, when they want to try the recipe & it's post is not clear. Wondering how they got my email address? Assumed, when you allow others to see your email address, that would be for the members here only to view - that would only appear in our profiles.
Thanks in advance for any help.
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04-17-2005, 05:11 PM
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#2 | | | | | | | Certified Master Chef
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i'm guessing "ample amounts" ?? i could be wrong but that's my guess.
Last edited by middie; 04-17-2005 at 05:12 PM.
Reason: missed words
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04-17-2005, 05:19 PM
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#3 | | | | | | | Certified Executive Chef
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No, it's not ample amounts. It appears in posts that have nothing to do with recipes as well. I first noticed it in a few of Crewk's posts. Guessing this a puter/site translation problem?
Admin. help please!
Last edited by mish; 04-17-2005 at 05:24 PM.
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04-17-2005, 05:23 PM
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"amp" sometime shows up when an ampersand (sp?) is used. For instance salt & pepper might show up as salt & (or maybe it is amp&) pepper. unfortunately I don't think there is any way around this other than not using the ampersand.
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04-17-2005, 05:27 PM
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| | Thanks GB..I have noticed the same thing and passed it off as a typo. 
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04-17-2005, 05:28 PM
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#6 | | | | | | | Certified Executive Chef
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Thanks GB. Noticed you typed out S & P and no "amp" showed up. Confused here. (Reminded me of the old hidden dos? commands used to appear, but never recall that sign). Not sure how this happens.
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04-17-2005, 05:30 PM
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#7 | | | | | | | Certified Executive Chef
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Hmm, noticed the amp didn't show up in my post to you re salt & pepper. Very odd.
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04-17-2005, 05:42 PM
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#8 | | | | | | | DC ADMINISTRATOR Site Administrator
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Yeah sometimes it happens and sometime it doesn't. I am not exactly sure why. It could have something to do with the type or version of browser (just a guess here) or it could be something completely different. The ampersand is used as a command in some computer languages and this is the reason sometime when you use it things do not look right.
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04-17-2005, 07:02 PM
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#9 | | | | | | | Sous Chef
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The plus sign works for me, any recipe I post will have S+P to taste.
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04-17-2005, 07:10 PM
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#10 | | | | | | | Certified Master Chef
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I mostly have noticed it happening in older posts that were posted before the new format change.
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