diff --git a/api/src/com/todoroo/andlib/utility/DateUtilities.java b/api/src/com/todoroo/andlib/utility/DateUtilities.java
index cf97ba3eb..fad5043c5 100644
--- a/api/src/com/todoroo/andlib/utility/DateUtilities.java
+++ b/api/src/com/todoroo/andlib/utility/DateUtilities.java
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ public class DateUtilities {
     /**
      * @return yesterday, today, tomorrow, or null
      */
-    public static String getRelativeDay(Context context, long date) {
+    public static String getRelativeDay(Context context, long date, boolean abbreviated) {
         long today = clearTime(new Date());
         long input = clearTime(new Date(date));
 
@@ -203,18 +203,25 @@ public class DateUtilities {
             return context.getString(R.string.today).toLowerCase();
 
         if(today + ONE_DAY == input)
-            return context.getString(R.string.tmrw).toLowerCase();
+            return context.getString(abbreviated ? R.string.tmrw : R.string.tomorrow).toLowerCase();
 
         if(today == input + ONE_DAY)
-            return context.getString(R.string.yest).toLowerCase();
+            return context.getString(abbreviated ? R.string.yest : R.string.yesterday).toLowerCase();
 
         if(today + DateUtilities.ONE_WEEK >= input &&
                 today - DateUtilities.ONE_WEEK <= input)
-            return DateUtilities.getWeekdayShort(new Date(date));
+            return abbreviated ? DateUtilities.getWeekdayShort(new Date(date)) : DateUtilities.getWeekday(new Date(date));
 
         return DateUtilities.getDateStringHideYear(context, new Date(date));
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Calls getRelativeDay with abbreviated parameter defaulted to true
+     */
+    public static String getRelativeDay(Context context, long date) {
+        return DateUtilities.getRelativeDay(context, date, true);
+    }
+
     private static long clearTime(Date date) {
         date.setTime(date.getTime() / 1000L * 1000);
         date.setHours(0);
diff --git a/astrid/res/layout/astrid_reminder_view.xml b/astrid/res/layout/astrid_reminder_view.xml
index 10dc43038..24150e121 100644
--- a/astrid/res/layout/astrid_reminder_view.xml
+++ b/astrid/res/layout/astrid_reminder_view.xml
@@ -32,44 +32,7 @@
     
     </LinearLayout>
     
-    <LinearLayout
-        android:layout_width="fill_parent"
-        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
-        android:orientation="horizontal"
-        android:layout_marginLeft="2dip"
-        android:layout_marginRight="5dip"
-        android:layout_marginBottom="10dip"
-        android:gravity="bottom">
-	    <ImageView 
-	        android:id="@+id/astridIcon"
-	        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
-	        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
-	        android:layout_marginBottom="5dip"
-	        android:src="@drawable/icon"
-	        android:scaleType="fitCenter"
-	        android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
-	        android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"/>
-	    
-	    
-	    <LinearLayout
-	        android:id="@+id/speech_bubble_content"
-	        android:layout_width="fill_parent"
-	        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
-	        android:layout_marginRight="5dip"
-	        android:layout_marginBottom="5dip"
-	        android:minHeight="60dip"
-	        android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"
-	        android:gravity="center_vertical"
-	        android:background="@drawable/speech_bubble_reminder"
-	        android:layout_toRightOf="@id/astridIcon">
-		    <TextView 
-		        android:id="@+id/reminder_message"
-		        android:layout_width="fill_parent"
-		        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
-		        style="@style/TextAppearance.TLA_Reminder"
-		        android:gravity="center_vertical"/>
-		</LinearLayout>
-    </LinearLayout>
+    <include layout="@layout/astrid_speech_bubble"/>
     
     <Button
         android:id="@+id/reminder_edit"
diff --git a/astrid/res/layout/astrid_speech_bubble.xml b/astrid/res/layout/astrid_speech_bubble.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..dc2316725
--- /dev/null
+++ b/astrid/res/layout/astrid_speech_bubble.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<merge>
+	<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
+	    android:layout_width="fill_parent"
+	    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
+	    android:orientation="horizontal"
+	    android:layout_marginLeft="2dip"
+	    android:layout_marginRight="5dip"
+	    android:layout_marginBottom="10dip"
+	    android:gravity="bottom">
+	    <ImageView 
+	        android:id="@+id/astridIcon"
+	        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
+	        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
+	        android:layout_marginBottom="5dip"
+	        android:src="@drawable/icon"
+	        android:scaleType="fitCenter"
+	        android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
+	        android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"/>
+	    
+	    
+	    <LinearLayout
+	        android:id="@+id/speech_bubble_content"
+	        android:layout_width="fill_parent"
+	        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
+	        android:layout_marginRight="5dip"
+	        android:layout_marginBottom="5dip"
+	        android:minHeight="60dip"
+	        android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"
+	        android:gravity="center_vertical"
+	        android:background="@drawable/speech_bubble_reminder"
+	        android:layout_toRightOf="@id/astridIcon">
+	        <TextView 
+	            android:id="@+id/reminder_message"
+	            android:layout_width="fill_parent"
+	            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
+	            style="@style/TextAppearance.TLA_Reminder"
+	            android:gravity="center_vertical"/>
+	    </LinearLayout>
+	</LinearLayout>
+</merge>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/astrid/res/values/strings-core.xml b/astrid/res/values/strings-core.xml
index 52243e127..7c8e82bdb 100644
--- a/astrid/res/values/strings-core.xml
+++ b/astrid/res/values/strings-core.xml
@@ -147,6 +147,24 @@
       <item>Hidden</item>      
   </string-array>
   
+  <!-- Title for confirmation dialog after quick add markup -->
+  <string name="TLA_quickadd_confirm_title">You said, \"%s\"</string>
+  
+  <!-- Text for speech bubble in dialog after quick add markup -->
+  <!-- First string is task title, second is due date, third is priority -->
+  <string name="TLA_quickadd_confirm_speech_bubble">I created a task called \"%1$s\" %2$s at %3$s</string>
+  
+  <string name="TLA_quickadd_confirm_speech_bubble_date">for %s</string>
+  
+  <string-array name="TLA_priority_strings">
+      <item>highest priority</item>
+      <item>high priority</item>
+      <item>medium priority</item>
+      <item>low priority</item>
+  </string-array>
+  
+  
+  
   <!-- ====================================================== TaskAdapter == -->
   
   <!-- Format string to indicate task is hidden (%s => task name) -->
diff --git a/astrid/src/com/todoroo/astrid/activity/TaskEditFragment.java b/astrid/src/com/todoroo/astrid/activity/TaskEditFragment.java
index acb06357d..1d709bfe5 100755
--- a/astrid/src/com/todoroo/astrid/activity/TaskEditFragment.java
+++ b/astrid/src/com/todoroo/astrid/activity/TaskEditFragment.java
@@ -344,7 +344,6 @@ public final class TaskEditFragment extends Fragment implements
         Preferences.setBoolean(R.string.p_showed_tap_task_help, true);
 
         overrideFinishAnim = false;
-        Activity a = getActivity();
         if (activity != null) {
             if (activity.getIntent() != null)
             overrideFinishAnim = activity.getIntent().getBooleanExtra(
diff --git a/astrid/src/com/todoroo/astrid/activity/TaskListFragment.java b/astrid/src/com/todoroo/astrid/activity/TaskListFragment.java
index 1f8ad8788..7d4e6c8a8 100644
--- a/astrid/src/com/todoroo/astrid/activity/TaskListFragment.java
+++ b/astrid/src/com/todoroo/astrid/activity/TaskListFragment.java
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import org.weloveastrid.rmilk.MilkUtilities;
 
 import android.app.Activity;
 import android.app.AlertDialog;
+import android.app.Dialog;
 import android.app.PendingIntent.CanceledException;
 import android.app.SearchManager;
 import android.content.BroadcastReceiver;
@@ -113,6 +114,7 @@ import com.todoroo.astrid.service.SyncV2Service.SyncV2Provider;
 import com.todoroo.astrid.service.TagDataService;
 import com.todoroo.astrid.service.TaskService;
 import com.todoroo.astrid.service.UpgradeService;
+import com.todoroo.astrid.ui.QuickAddMarkupDialog;
 import com.todoroo.astrid.utility.AstridPreferences;
 import com.todoroo.astrid.utility.Constants;
 import com.todoroo.astrid.utility.Flags;
@@ -169,6 +171,8 @@ public class TaskListFragment extends ListFragment implements OnScrollListener,
 
     public static final String TOKEN_OVERRIDE_ANIM = "finishAnim"; //$NON-NLS-1$
 
+    private static final String QUICK_ADD_MARKUP = "markup"; //$NON-NLS-1$
+
     // --- instance variables
 
     @Autowired
@@ -1122,6 +1126,9 @@ public class TaskListFragment extends ListFragment implements OnScrollListener,
             if (selectNewTask) {
                 loadTaskListContent(true);
                 selectCustomId(task.getId());
+                if (task.getTransitory(QUICK_ADD_MARKUP) != null) {
+                    showAlertForMarkupTask((AstridActivity) getActivity(), task, title);
+                }
             }
 
             StatisticsService.reportEvent(StatisticsConstants.TASK_CREATED_TASKLIST);
@@ -1168,16 +1175,25 @@ public class TaskListFragment extends ListFragment implements OnScrollListener,
             }
             task.mergeWith(forTask);
         }
-        taskService.quickAdd(task);
+        boolean markup = taskService.quickAdd(task);
+        if (markup)
+            task.putTransitory(QUICK_ADD_MARKUP, true);
+
         if (forMetadata != null && forMetadata.size() > 0) {
             Metadata metadata = new Metadata();
             metadata.setValue(Metadata.TASK, task.getId());
             metadata.mergeWith(forMetadata);
             metadataService.save(metadata);
         }
+
         return task;
     }
 
+    private static void showAlertForMarkupTask(AstridActivity activity, Task task, String originalText) {
+        Dialog d = QuickAddMarkupDialog.createQuickAddMarkupDialog(activity, task, originalText);
+        d.show();
+    }
+
     @Override
     public void onCreateContextMenu(ContextMenu menu, View v,
             ContextMenuInfo menuInfo) {
diff --git a/astrid/src/com/todoroo/astrid/service/TaskService.java b/astrid/src/com/todoroo/astrid/service/TaskService.java
index bf3c526a9..f9be85880 100644
--- a/astrid/src/com/todoroo/astrid/service/TaskService.java
+++ b/astrid/src/com/todoroo/astrid/service/TaskService.java
@@ -336,10 +336,11 @@ public class TaskService {
      * <li>@context - add the tag "@context"
      * <li>!4 - set priority to !!!!
      */
-    public void quickAdd(Task task) {
+    public boolean quickAdd(Task task) {
         ArrayList<String> tags = new ArrayList<String>();
+        boolean quickAddMarkup = false;
         try {
-            parseQuickAddMarkup(task, tags);
+            quickAddMarkup = parseQuickAddMarkup(task, tags);
         } catch (Throwable e) {
             exceptionService.reportError("parse-quick-add", e); //$NON-NLS-1$
         }
@@ -352,10 +353,11 @@ public class TaskService {
             metadata.setValue(TagService.TAG, tag);
             metadataDao.createNew(metadata);
         }
+        return quickAddMarkup;
     }
 
-    public static void parseQuickAddMarkup(Task task, ArrayList<String> tags) {
-        new TitleParser(task, tags).parse();
+    public static boolean parseQuickAddMarkup(Task task, ArrayList<String> tags) {
+        return new TitleParser(task, tags).parse();
     }
 
 
diff --git a/astrid/src/com/todoroo/astrid/ui/QuickAddMarkupDialog.java b/astrid/src/com/todoroo/astrid/ui/QuickAddMarkupDialog.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9d0fd8dd7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/astrid/src/com/todoroo/astrid/ui/QuickAddMarkupDialog.java
@@ -0,0 +1,132 @@
+package com.todoroo.astrid.ui;
+
+import java.text.ParseException;
+import java.util.Date;
+
+import android.app.Dialog;
+import android.content.Context;
+import android.text.Html;
+import android.text.Spanned;
+import android.text.TextUtils;
+import android.view.View;
+import android.view.View.OnClickListener;
+import android.widget.Button;
+import android.widget.TextView;
+
+import com.google.ical.values.Frequency;
+import com.google.ical.values.RRule;
+import com.timsu.astrid.R;
+import com.todoroo.andlib.utility.DateUtilities;
+import com.todoroo.astrid.activity.AstridActivity;
+import com.todoroo.astrid.data.Task;
+
+/**
+ * Helper class that creates a dialog to confirm the results of a quick add markup
+ * @author Sam
+ *
+ */
+public class QuickAddMarkupDialog {
+
+    public static Dialog createQuickAddMarkupDialog(final AstridActivity activity, Task task, String originalText) {
+        final Dialog d = new Dialog(activity, R.style.ReminderDialog);
+        final long taskId = task.getId();
+        d.setContentView(R.layout.astrid_reminder_view);
+
+        d.findViewById(R.id.reminder_snooze).setVisibility(View.GONE);
+        ((Button) d.findViewById(R.id.reminder_complete)).setText(R.string.DLG_ok);
+        ((TextView) d.findViewById(R.id.reminder_title)).setText(activity.getString(R.string.TLA_quickadd_confirm_title, originalText));
+
+        Spanned speechBubbleText = constructSpeechBubbleText(activity, task);
+
+        ((TextView) d.findViewById(R.id.reminder_message)).setText(speechBubbleText, TextView.BufferType.SPANNABLE);
+
+        d.findViewById(R.id.reminder_complete).setOnClickListener(new OnClickListener() {
+            @Override
+            public void onClick(View v) {
+                d.dismiss();
+            }
+        });
+        d.findViewById(R.id.dismiss).setOnClickListener(new OnClickListener() {
+            @Override
+            public void onClick(View v) {
+                d.dismiss();
+            }
+        });
+        d.findViewById(R.id.reminder_edit).setOnClickListener(new OnClickListener() {
+            @Override
+            public void onClick(View v) {
+                d.dismiss();
+                activity.onTaskListItemClicked(taskId);
+            }
+        });
+
+        return d;
+    }
+
+    @SuppressWarnings("nls")
+    private static Spanned constructSpeechBubbleText(Context context, Task task) {
+        String[] priorityStrings = context.getResources().getStringArray(R.array.TLA_priority_strings);
+        int[] colorsArray = new int[] { R.color.importance_1, R.color.importance_2, R.color.importance_3, R.color.importance_4 };
+
+        String title = task.getValue(Task.TITLE);
+        long date = task.getValue(Task.DUE_DATE);
+
+        String dueDate = "";
+        if (!TextUtils.isEmpty(task.getValue(Task.RECURRENCE))) {
+            dueDate = getRecurrenceString(context, task);
+        }
+
+        if (TextUtils.isEmpty(dueDate)) {
+            dueDate = task.getValue(Task.DUE_DATE) > 0 ? DateUtilities.getRelativeDay(context, date, false) : "";
+            if(Task.hasDueTime(date))
+                dueDate = String.format("%s at %s", dueDate, //$NON-NLS-1$
+                        DateUtilities.getTimeString(context, new Date(date)));
+        }
+
+        if (!TextUtils.isEmpty(dueDate))
+            dueDate = context.getString(R.string.TLA_quickadd_confirm_speech_bubble_date, dueDate);
+
+        int priority = task.getValue(Task.IMPORTANCE);
+        if (priority >= priorityStrings.length)
+            priority = priorityStrings.length - 1;
+        String priorityString = priorityStrings[priority];
+        int color = context.getResources().getColor(colorsArray[priority]) - 0xff000000;
+        priorityString = String.format("<font color=\"#%s\">%s</font>", Integer.toHexString(color), priorityString);
+
+        String fullString = context.getString(R.string.TLA_quickadd_confirm_speech_bubble, title, dueDate, priorityString);
+        return Html.fromHtml(fullString);
+    }
+
+    private static String getRecurrenceString(Context context, Task task) {
+        try {
+            RRule rrule = new RRule(task.getValue(Task.RECURRENCE));
+
+            String[] dateAbbrev = context.getResources().getStringArray(
+                    R.array.repeat_interval);
+            String frequency = "";
+            Frequency freq = rrule.getFreq();
+            if (freq == Frequency.DAILY) {
+                frequency = dateAbbrev[0].toLowerCase();
+            } else if (freq == Frequency.WEEKLY) {
+                frequency = dateAbbrev[1].toLowerCase();
+            } else if (freq == Frequency.MONTHLY) {
+                frequency = dateAbbrev[2].toLowerCase();
+            } else if (freq == Frequency.HOURLY) {
+                frequency = dateAbbrev[3].toLowerCase();
+            } else if (freq == Frequency.MINUTELY) {
+                frequency = dateAbbrev[4].toLowerCase();
+            } else if (freq == Frequency.YEARLY) {
+                frequency = dateAbbrev[5].toLowerCase();
+            }
+            if (!TextUtils.isEmpty(frequency)) {
+                String date = String.format("%s %s", rrule.getInterval(), frequency); //$NON-NLS-1$
+                return String.format(context.getString(R.string.repeat_detail_duedate), date).toLowerCase(); // Every freq int
+            }
+
+        } catch (ParseException e) {
+            // Eh
+        }
+        return "";
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/astrid/src/com/todoroo/astrid/utility/TitleParser.java b/astrid/src/com/todoroo/astrid/utility/TitleParser.java
index 497b6c5f0..31d930c46 100644
--- a/astrid/src/com/todoroo/astrid/utility/TitleParser.java
+++ b/astrid/src/com/todoroo/astrid/utility/TitleParser.java
@@ -22,11 +22,13 @@ public class TitleParser {
         this.tags = tags;
     }
 
-    public void parse(){
-        repeatHelper(task);
-        dayHelper(task);
-        listHelper(task,tags);
-        priorityHelper(task);
+    public boolean parse() {
+        boolean markup = false;
+        markup = repeatHelper(task) || markup;
+        markup = dayHelper(task) || markup;
+        markup = listHelper(task,tags) || markup;
+        markup = priorityHelper(task) || markup;
+        return markup;
     }
 
     public static String[] trimParenthesisAndSplit(String pattern){
@@ -39,14 +41,16 @@ public class TitleParser {
         }
         return new String[] { pattern };
     }
-    public static void listHelper(Task task, ArrayList<String> tags) {
+    public static boolean listHelper(Task task, ArrayList<String> tags) {
         String inputText = task.getValue(Task.TITLE);
         Pattern tagPattern = Pattern.compile("(\\s|^)#(\\(.*\\)|[^\\s]+)");
         Pattern contextPattern = Pattern.compile("(\\s|^)@(\\(.*\\)|[^\\s]+)");
+        boolean result = false;
 
         while(true) {
             Matcher m = tagPattern.matcher(inputText);
             if(m.find()) {
+                result = true;
                 String[] splitTags = TitleParser.trimParenthesisAndSplit(m.group(2));
                 if (splitTags != null) {
                     for (String tag : splitTags)
@@ -55,6 +59,7 @@ public class TitleParser {
             } else {
                 m = contextPattern.matcher(inputText);
                 if(m.find()) {
+                    result = true;
                     String[] splitTags = TitleParser.trimParenthesisAndSplit(m.group(2));
                     if (splitTags != null) {
                         for (String tag : splitTags)
@@ -67,6 +72,7 @@ public class TitleParser {
             inputText = inputText.substring(0, m.start()) + inputText.substring(m.end());
         }
         task.setValue(Task.TITLE, inputText.trim());
+        return result;
     }
 
     //helper method for priorityHelper. converts the string to a Task Importance
@@ -84,7 +90,7 @@ public class TitleParser {
     }
 
     //priorityHelper parses the string and sets the Task's importance
-    private static void priorityHelper(Task task) {
+    private static boolean priorityHelper(Task task) {
         String inputText = task.getValue(Task.TITLE);
         String[] importanceStrings = {
                 "()((^|[^\\w!])!+|(^|[^\\w!])!\\d)($|[^\\w!])",
@@ -93,11 +99,13 @@ public class TitleParser {
                 "(?i)(\\sbang\\s?(\\d)$)",
                 "(?i)()(\\shigh(est)?|\\slow(est)?|\\stop|\\sleast) ?priority$"
         };
+        boolean result = false;
         for (String importanceString:importanceStrings){
             Pattern importancePattern = Pattern.compile(importanceString);
             while (true){
                 Matcher m = importancePattern.matcher(inputText);
                 if(m.find()) {
+                    result = true;
                     task.setValue(Task.IMPORTANCE, str_to_priority(m.group(2).trim()));
                     int start = m.start() == 0 ? 0 : m.start() + 1;
                     inputText = inputText.substring(0, start) + inputText.substring(m.end());
@@ -107,6 +115,7 @@ public class TitleParser {
             }
         }
         task.setValue(Task.TITLE, inputText.trim());
+        return result;
     }
 
     //helper for dayHelper. Converts am/pm to an int 0/1.
@@ -127,7 +136,7 @@ public class TitleParser {
     //Handles setting the task's date.
     //Day of week (e.g. Monday, Tuesday,..) is overridden by a set date (e.g. October 23 2013).
     //Vague times (e.g. breakfast, night) are overridden by a set time (9 am, at 10, 17:00)
-    private static void dayHelper(Task task ) {
+    private static boolean dayHelper(Task task ) {
         String inputText = task.getValue(Task.TITLE);
         Calendar cal = null;
         Boolean containsSpecificTime = false;
@@ -319,12 +328,14 @@ public class TitleParser {
             } else {
                 task.setValue(Task.DUE_DATE, Task.createDueDate(Task.URGENCY_SPECIFIC_DAY, cal.getTime().getTime()));
             }
+            return true;
         }
+        return false;
     }
     //---------------------DATE--------------------------
 
     //Parses through the text and sets the frequency of the task.
-    private static void repeatHelper(Task task) {
+    private static boolean repeatHelper(Task task) {
         String inputText = task.getValue(Task.TITLE);
         HashMap<String, Frequency> repeatTimes = new HashMap<String, Frequency>();
         repeatTimes.put("(?i)\\bevery ?\\w{0,6} days?\\b" , Frequency.DAILY);
@@ -354,7 +365,7 @@ public class TitleParser {
                 rrule.setFreq(rtime);
                 rrule.setInterval(findInterval(inputText));
                 task.setValue(Task.RECURRENCE, rrule.toIcal());
-                return;
+                return true;
             }
         }
 
@@ -368,9 +379,10 @@ public class TitleParser {
                 rrule.setInterval(1);
                 String thing = rrule.toIcal();
                 task.setValue(Task.RECURRENCE, thing);
-                return;
+                return true;
             }
         }
+        return false;
     }
 
     //helper method for repeatHelper.