Not-a-Dog420 t1_jcd5bao wrote
Reply to comment by PraxisLD in TIL using ditto marks, or putting quotation marks under words to repeat what they say, goes back as far as the Neo-Assyrian period (934-608 B.C.) by [deleted]
They aren't lazy, they're efficient
Set_the_Mighty t1_jcdruel wrote
Until some poor sod has to go through and translate some document full of ditto marks into a modern format for use in a database.
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