Thread: Dinkum?
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Old July 14th, 2006, 09:42 AM posted to microsoft.public.word.newusers
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Default Dinkum?

That's a new one on me too. I've only ever heard of it used in Australia &
New Zealand, never in a typographical context.

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wrote in message ...
: No. It was the name one of my publishers gave to an icon of a computer at
: the end of chapters to signify same. I've never seen the word before or
: since.
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: "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message
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: "Fair dinkum" is the only association I have with it. Google provides a
: lot
: of interesting links, but they seem to be universally derived from that
: same
: usage. Are you sure you're not thinking of "lorem ipsum"? See
: http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/DummyText.htm
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: Suzanne S. Barnhill
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: wrote in message ...
: Suzanne (or anyone else): Have you ever come across the word 'dinkum'
in
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: context of Word/editing/book production? (Not the Australian term 'fair
: dinkum')
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