Editing Talk:295: DNE

I read this comic while taking Calculus. I thought DNE stood for Does Not Exist (as in a limit). I've actually never seen it used as Do Not Erase. Of course, this does not make sense in this context. Thank you, Explainxkcd. [[Special:Contributions/108.162.219.202|108.162.219.202]] 02:15, 29 December 2013 (UTC)

We have the same in Danish: MIS: Må Ikke Slettes = may not be errased, when translating directley. Mis by the way means pussy(cat) in Danish. [[User:Kynde|Kynde]] ([[User talk:Kynde|talk]]) 21:24, 20 March 2014 (UTC)

Such circles were always labeled "SAVE" where I went to school. But I think "DNE" would've been understood too. --[[User:Aaron of Mpls|Aaron of Mpls]] ([[User talk:Aaron of Mpls|talk]]) 05:43, 12 April 2015 (UTC)

I'm from the east coast of the US and we had DNE. Anyone care to give input as to other locations' uses? [[Special:Contributions/108.162.216.124|108.162.216.124]] 21:24, 26 April 2015 (UTC)

I'm from California and we wrote SAVE. [[User:Benjaminikuta|Benjaminikuta]] ([[User talk:Benjaminikuta|talk]]) 01:49, 11 August 2015 (UTC)

I'm from Ohio and teachers usually just wrote a note. "Please don't erase this!" [[Special:Contributions/173.245.55.121|173.245.55.121]] 06:07, 31 August 2015 (UTC)

I'm from SoCal and we did all kinds of things. Some students put really pretty lines, others drew monsters inside the line that had a quote "I will eat you if you erase this" which took up half the board. Also, many teachers would put the date it was written- which inevitably lead to some student assuming it was past its expiry date and erasing the whole thing. Anything prefaced with "Homework" was erased immediately upon the teacher's absence from the classroom.
[[Special:Contributions/108.162.215.169|108.162.215.169]] 15:23, 31 August 2015 (UTC)

Disregarding the DNE/SAVE/KEEP issue, what's this about "sanitation staff"? In my part of the world (UK), we just have cleaners... [[Special:Contributions/162.158.152.179|162.158.152.179]] 16:40, 11 November 2015 (UTC)
:I think cleaners, maintenance (what we call them in Michigan), and sanitation staff all refer to the same thing: a group of people employed to clean the floors, empty the trash/rubbish bins, clean the chalkboards and whiteboards, clean the bathrooms/washrooms, etc. Just in that explanation, you can see I used two words that mean the same thing but one is used in the US and one in the UK. [[User:EpicWolverine|EpicWolverine]] ([[User talk:EpicWolverine|talk]]) 21:00, 24 February 2016 (UTC)

I used to wet the chalkboard before writing on it. When it dried, it was near impossible to erase, unless you knew to wet it again. - Fox 2018-10-09 {{unsigned ip|162.158.62.231}}