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Thu, 2 Jul 1998 19:59:42 -0400
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Re: (idm) back in my day...
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quoted 3 lines I have noticed this as a fundamentlal problem with email as of late.> I have noticed this as a fundamentlal problem with email as of late. > That email breeds ill communication. An imperfect medium for the > english language. When words mean different things based on context
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quoted 1 line tone, text will not do.> tone, text will not do.
That's untrue. Words can be as rich as anything else - it's simply that very few people have the necessary reading and writing skills, or are lazy. Oh, the third possibility: that they're stupid. Sometimes I wonder what the distribution amongst those three would be. bbn