Hey Kris, I'd guess that it stems from the traditional use of an asterisk in writing to note a kind of footnote/follow-up/afterthought, though placed in CMD on the correction rather than the trouble source since you can't typically mess around with anything already in the chat box (or IM box, or MMO-chat box [and probably other boxes? by the by, do people even do repair in SMS?]). I've seen the asterisk placed right before the correction (*good) and right after (good*) - same with the placement of other, similar repair markers - so if this is where this stems from, it's up and gone through a little shifting for some speakers. Take care! Joshua Joshua Raclaw - PhD student Department of Linguistics Culture, Language & Social Practice University of Colorado at Boulder http://ucsu.colorado.edu/~raclaw/ Quoting Kris Markman <krism@alumni.utexas.net>: * Does anybody know (or have any guesses about) the origin of using an * asterisk to denote the correction of a typo in chat (and possibly * other forms of CMC)? I.e.: * * SIDNEY: sounds god * REBECA: I feel like i have some kind of goal now! * SIDNEY: good* * * Thanks! * -Kris * -- * ********** ********** ********** ********** * Kris M. Markman, Ph.D. * Email: krism@alumni.utexas.net * http://kris3198.home.comcast.net * ********** ********** ********** ********** * _______________________________________________ * The air-l@listserv.aoir.org mailing list * is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org * Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: * http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org * * Join the Association of Internet Researchers: * http://www.aoir.org/ *