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Not seeing pound signs

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Kryten2X4B523P · 09/09/2015 10:27

I've noticed a few posts where the pound sign is coming out as two question marks. I don't know about my own posts yet (I will test in this post!) but I don't know if it's MN or me.

??

Ok that ^ was supposed to be a pound sign but on my preview it's coming out as two question marks. Is it just me?

(Chrome on windows laptop)

OP posts:
skyeskyeskye · 10/09/2015 14:49

getting ?? as well when try to do ££ (pound signs), or was yesterday anyway. this post will tell for sure Grin

lilacclery · 10/09/2015 14:52

Euro sign gone too ??????

Garrick · 10/09/2015 14:52

As a poster pointed out on another thread, MN's code is parsing out too many special characters. I'm sure this has been done as part of tightening up security, but they need to use a different filter. (I had this on loads of my old sites until I figured it out.)

LittleMissIntrovert · 10/09/2015 14:56

£ = pound

??= euro

On safari

ThumbWitchesAbroad · 10/09/2015 14:57

??
??

Buggeration! I can't use TM or bullet point any more! How very fucking annoying. Angry

LovelyFriend · 10/09/2015 15:41

£€$¥

squoosh · 10/09/2015 17:36

£

Original poster
Kryten2X4B523P · 10/09/2015 18:04

££

Oooh belting.

I did notice something with speech marks, but it was in a thread title, so thought it was that.

OP posts:
Pipbin · 10/09/2015 18:11

And now from a Mac £

SonnyNoChance · 10/09/2015 18:14

£

Girlfriend36 · 10/09/2015 18:14

££

Girlfriend36 · 10/09/2015 18:15

yayyyyyyyyy!! So happy Smile do we know why that happened yet?

MrsMummyPig · 10/09/2015 18:17

£££££££

mumofboyo · 10/09/2015 21:28

£

Wigeon · 10/09/2015 21:33

Happened to me earlier too.

Trying again: £

Garrick · 10/09/2015 22:29

Second test ...

?? - half (alt 0189)
?? - degree symbol (alt 0176)
?? - heart (alt 3)
?? - smiley (alt 1)
?? - male (alt 11)
?? - female (alt 12)
?? - sun (alt 15)

£ - pound using keyboard
?? - euro using keyboard

Firefox on Windows.

Garrick · 10/09/2015 22:30

Meh :(

peaz · 11/09/2015 19:56

£?

FlysInDreams · 11/09/2015 19:57

£!

MyLittleFinger · 11/09/2015 19:59

£

Pipbin · 11/09/2015 23:05

Ohh but in the preview on my TIO that comes up as &pound.

Wigeon · 12/09/2015 08:56

Now trying on iPad rather than android phone (where is seemed to work above): £

wasonthelist · 12/09/2015 10:53

£ Chromium (not Chrome!) Ubuntu.

Garrick · 12/09/2015 15:50

in the preview on my TIO that comes up as &pound.

I can explain that :) The html for £ is £ Threads I'm On truncates the text after so many characters - so, for instance, you might see the first few letters of the last word before it cuts off.

Because it truncated "£" - the semicolon was missing - your browser didn't have the entire code and treated it as text. You quite often see the same thing with "&" (&) or "<" (

Pipbin · 13/09/2015 13:08

Am I alone in now seeing apostrophes as ??

-/:;()£&@".,?!'

Picture to compare what I've written to what posts.

Not seeing pound signs