Difference between revisions of "Special Notation"
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| − | <LI>'thought bubbles' - .oO <SMALL> | + | <LI>'thought bubbles' - .oO <SMALL> or </SMALL> Oo. - delimit a part of the caption that is being thought rather than spoken - often in this manner: |
<pre>.oO I'm thinking, I'm thinking, I'm a cheesehead. Oo. | <pre>.oO I'm thinking, I'm thinking, I'm a cheesehead. Oo. | ||
</pre></LI> | </pre></LI> | ||
| − | <LI>'singing' - ~ <SMALL> | + | <LI>'singing' - ~ <SMALL> or </SMALL> o/ - delimit a part of the caption that is sung or from a song - usually in the form e.g. |
<pre>~ I see a black Ford and I want to paint it red ~ | <pre>~ I see a black Ford and I want to paint it red ~ | ||
</pre></LI> | </pre></LI> | ||
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<pre>"Squirrel filet revenge! [*BAM!*]" | <pre>"Squirrel filet revenge! [*BAM!*]" | ||
</pre></LI> | </pre></LI> | ||
| − | <LI>'chat or conversation' - [ <SMALL> | + | <LI>'chat or conversation' - [ <SMALL> or </SMALL> ( <SMALL> or </SMALL> [[ - delimit chat between cappers in the [http://www.capperwiki.com/wiki/index.php/Caption_Gallery caption] gallery... cappers are human and like to converse or exchange news/thoughts/whatever. [http://www.capperwiki.com/wiki/index.php/UpSky2 UpSky2] uses double square brackets for chat or personal comments, e.g: |
<pre>[[Just my own comment in here...isn't this wiki fun?]] | <pre>[[Just my own comment in here...isn't this wiki fun?]] | ||
</pre> | </pre> | ||
Revision as of 18:03, 6 June 2006
Capping has nuances (cf. 'The Persistence of Captioning (...etc.)'). To indicate these nuances, since capping is done using typed text (...so far... see *'The future of captioning'), there has evolved at some time or other character usages vaguely analogous to 'smileys', but in addition to them.
Common types include:
- 'thought bubbles' - .oO or Oo. - delimit a part of the caption that is being thought rather than spoken - often in this manner:
.oO I'm thinking, I'm thinking, I'm a cheesehead. Oo.
- 'singing' - ~ or o/ - delimit a part of the caption that is sung or from a song - usually in the form e.g.
~ I see a black Ford and I want to paint it red ~
- 'music or sound-effects' - [* usually - to invoke a musical quote/theme, or an appropriate sound-effect, e.g:
[*1812 Overture*]
or:
"Squirrel filet revenge! [*BAM!*]"
- 'chat or conversation' - [ or ( or [[ - delimit chat between cappers in the caption gallery... cappers are human and like to converse or exchange news/thoughts/whatever. UpSky2 uses double square brackets for chat or personal comments, e.g:
[[Just my own comment in here...isn't this wiki fun?]]
but that usage is eccentric; parentheses are normal.
So far, in one of the glories of capping practice, these conventions have remained loosely flexible and unenforced.
