Talk:Dinkus
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Bringhurst citation
[edit]Here is a citation for Bringhurst as needed for the section about fleuron, it just needs the page info changing.
- Bringhurst, Robert (2004). The elements of typographic style (third ed.). Hartley & Marks, Publishers. p. 80. ISBN 978-0-88179-206-5. Retrieved 10 November 2020.
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Enjoy! --John Maynard Friedman (talk) 10:57, 24 December 2021 (UTC)
- Thank you, John Maynard Friedman. The information that I gathered was from the 1992 edition, but I've checked the source that you provided, and the details are still on the same page; added to the article. Thank you also for the other work that you've done to improve it, and for voicing your support in Talk:Asterism (typography), which prompted me to create this as a standalone article. AlexEng(TALK) 22:19, 24 December 2021 (UTC)
- You have made a great job of it, so much for my "it will only be a tiny stub" assumption. --John Maynard Friedman (talk) 22:52, 24 December 2021 (UTC)
Etymology
[edit]Having found my way to the dinkus talk page after a long and productive afternoon reading parts of Unicode Standard 17.0, I am happy to inform you @JMF that I have access to a physical version of a (2023) Macquarie Dictionary (and potentially a digital subscription if redeeming it proves desirable). The etymology contrasts with the earlier mysterious citation from our magical blog - attributing its origins to the word ‘dingus’: Etymology: “US slang (1870s) dingus something the name of which is unknown or forgotten.” I imagine you could use it in Asterism too. The reference, for you to format as per your preferences:
Moore, Alison; Morgan, Victoria; Stein, Jack; Atkinson, Ann; & Burnet, Kris (Eds.) (2023). Dinkus. In Macquarie Dictionary (9th Ed., Vol. 1, p. 440). Macquarie Dictionary Publishers; Sydney, Australia. ISBN 9781761267741.
— Minipotatoes00 (talk) 07:50, 16 June 2026 (UTC)
- tyvm. On my list to do later but better if you would do it. 𝕁𝕄𝔽 (talk) 09:21, 16 June 2026 (UTC)