Re: [Leica] Opinions and LUGites

["Dan Post" <dwpost@email.msn.com>]

Marten-
Sex munths agoe Ah cudn't even spel ilitirit LUGnut, now I arre one!
ain't  mudern teknoloji wunnerful?
Danile :0}~

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From: Martin Howard <marho@ikp.liu.se>
To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Date: Friday, May 28, 1999 9:01 AM
Subject: Re: [Leica] Opinions and LUGites


>
>
>Bernard wrote:
>>
>> Thank you for the advice, but I won't. The use of smileys not only
>> means admitting to have low literary capabitities, but is also an
>> assumption that the reader is half illiterate. Besides, I'm rather
>> amused when people smack on their own face when they don't grasp an
>> obvious joke.
>>
>
>Written communication, especially the rather diluted version prevalent
>in email, lacks a great amount of nuances, intonation, character and
>other information present in oral communication.  Including Smileys to
>indicate humor/that something shouldn't be taken too seriously is an
>effective way to overcome one aspect of this somewhat impoverished
>medium.
>
>The reader is not half illiterate, but they are also not capable of
>peeking into your brain to read your intentions.  Look at it as doing
>the reader a favour, a courtesy.
>
>With the vast differences in culture and background, what may seem
>like an obvious joke to you may not to someone else.  And vice versa.
>Using Smileys acknowledges that you are not assuming the whole world
>thinks just like you do.
>
>M.
>
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