Author: blass uri
Date: 21:55:24 07/14/99
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On July 14, 1999 at 18:48:45, Inmann Werner wrote: >On July 14, 1999 at 12:05:21, KarinsDad wrote: > >>On July 13, 1999 at 23:08:29, Pete Galati wrote: >> >>[snip] >>> >>>I'd like to recommend caution about restricting things. I find myself aggrivated >>>by many things that go on here, but I do think for the most part everything >>>tends to self-regulate itself. So if you mean starting a sentence with the word >>>"Look", ok that's a bit insistent, but I don't really care. One thing that I >>>don't like very much even though I've done it myself is the use of those stupid >>>little smiley faces, like :-). Now I really hate those things, but it's not very >>>important. >>> >>>Pete >> >>I agree (except about the smiley faces :) ). If you are just reading, you have >>the option to not read a given post. If you are posting, you have the option of >>changing the subject or snipping the material. >> >>I like the smiley faces since I use them to convey a multitude of expressions >>such as :) :( and :|. Some people try to be humorous in how they say things, but >>realize that a given phrase can be misinterpreted (the written language being >>limited to no voice inflection, facial or body language). So, it is important to >>use symbols !!, ??, ?! to assist in meaning. >> >>The only problem I really have is when people are typing everything or most >>everything in capital letters. This implies shouting which I do not like hearing >>in person either. But capitalizing one word implies EMPHASIS to me as opposed to >>shouting, so it is ok with me. >> >>KarinsDad :) > >As a non English speaking person, coming from a country where capital letters >are widespread in common writing and a computer is a "he" English is not my first language but I know that only human can be he in english and other things are called it. In Hebrew(my first language) computer is a "he" but computer program is a "she". Uri
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