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Lluís Batlle i Rossell wrote: |
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> Well, that's a joke, isn't it? :) |
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> English isn't my first language... I don't understand that "ducks". :) |
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*ducks* |
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would be MUD speak or IRC speak that conveys action. In the MUD world, |
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the server would translate the phrase into an action such as : |
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You would see: JoeMudder ducks for cover! |
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I would see: You duck for cover, watch out! |
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In IRC, historically since MUD and IRC communities have shared the same |
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people, one would type /me ducks, and the IRC server would translate |
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that to |
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* IrCoP ducks |
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Since the communities were similar, the participants would infer the |
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same meaning - even if it wasn't spelled out explicitly on the IRC |
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server. The phrase would have "connotative meaning" in reference to MUD |
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speak. |
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In email and Instant Messenger chat, the same facility is used, except |
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the word is used by itself, or "bolded" by pre and suffixing the world |
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with asterisks (*). |
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http://www.jargon.net/jargonfile/m/MUD.html |
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http://www.jargon.net/jargonfile/i/IRC.html |
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