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From:  John Alexander Blyth <BLYTHE@B...>
John Alexander Blyth <BLYTHE@B...>
Date:  Fri Oct 6, 2000  9:02 pm
Subject:  OFF: lower case blues: was:list ADMIN stuff


I can certainly accept that from mike, but there is also a culture on the
net that eschews capitalization and punctuation as a means of rapid and
spontaneous communication, primarily via chat and MUDs. When I see such a
message I accept it much as one might accept someone speaking English with
a difficult accent - I make allowance. john

At 12:33 PM 10/6/00 -0300, you wrote:
...
>> Another thing that is very hard on the eyes are the posts using ALL lower
>> case letters or ALL upper case.
>
>I myself don't find it annoying. As I can recall, Mike ( or mike ) has
>already explained on the original Vocalist that he has tendinitis, what
>makes it painful for him to reach for the upper case key whenever capitals
>are needed. I think he entitles to an Affirmative Action waiver, then. :-)
...
John Blyth
Baritono robusto e lirico
Brandon, Manitoba, Canada


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