I think this is overly picky, and ee cummings is rolling in this grave !
james
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On Fri, 6 Oct 2000, John Alexander Blyth wrote:
> 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
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> At 12:33 PM 10/6/00 -0300, you wrote:
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> >> Another thing that is very hard on the eyes are the posts using ALL lower
> >> case letters or ALL upper case.
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> >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. :-)
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> John Blyth
> Baritono robusto e lirico
> Brandon, Manitoba, Canada
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