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    Perhaps I'm missing something, but typing in "Originally posted by " each time I want to quote someone kinda bugs me. Is there any way to modify this?

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    Yes. Hit the quote button.

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    Use [q="Username"]Blah[/q]

    to get:

    [q="Username"]Blah[/q]
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    Originally posted by bennator0
    Use [q="Username"]Blah[/q]

    to get:

    [q="Username"]Blah[/q]
    Or you could just hit the quote button.

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    Perhaps I'm missing something, but typing in "Originally posted by " each time I want to quote someone kinda bugs me. Is there any way to modify this?
    Yes there is. It's called modifying it manually.

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    Sorry. There is no way.

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    You're such a party killer.

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    Instead of saying "Originally posted by", why not go for something completely different? for instance...

    Lo, for 'tis true that I do verily declare that Big D hath, just prior to this self-same posting, most eloquently declared, in tones so rich as may indeed be expected from one of such opulent and virtuous stature, that
    w00t I agree
    That, or something similar, might serve to alleviate your boredom/frustration with the present quoting style...

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    WELL SAID by Big D
    That, or something similar, might serve to alleviate your boredom/frustration with the present quoting style...
    yes

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    I am SO tempted to make that the message that comes up every time that you quote a post.

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    Why not? After all, we've got [quote], [q], and [qi]; how about [qlongwinded] or [qbigdspecial] for those who crave a little archaicism in their quotes?

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    how about "originally posted by the user yclept Big D"

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    yclept?

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    "Yclept" = "known as".

    Aye, forsooth.

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    Bloody. I thought I had Elizabethan english cold. I mean, who the *arf* else uses "belike" on a regular basis? It's an archaic term...

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