Donkey Tails (hot dogs with cheddar cheese in a tortilla, then fried)

[Mark Mandel]

Eek. Then I'd better be careful myself. Thanks for the info.

m a m

On 9/10/07, Benjamin Zimmer <bgzimmer at babel.ling.upenn.edu> wrote:
>
> We've gone around this one a few times... If posts are sent via either
> AOL or Gmail, they can result in gibberish for many subscribers
> (including those using Gmail) if the text includes one or more URL and
> the email is sent as "rich text" rather than "plain text". In Gmail,
> at least, rich formatting can be easily toggled on and off when
> composing an email.
>
> Here's what the offending email looks like in the archive:
>
> http://listserv.linguistlist.org/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0709A&L=ADS-L&P=R607
>
> There's a URL in there, and the hyperlink underlining suggests that
> Barry may have inadvertently posted this in rich formatting.

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