It's not standard practice on Twitter, the most popular instant
messenger program on the internet - anyone would be an idiot to waste a
character by putting dots in between words when you're limited to 140
characters. It would be stupid, really stupid. If anyone did that on
Twitter, they'd probably be mocked and ridiculed to no end.
On 12/19/2013 5:06 PM, feste37 wrote:
You're in a real hole, auth, as anyone can see. You said it was
"standard practice," which it isn't, as I pointed out. Then you
backtracked and redefined "standard practice," wanting to make that
phrase mean what you needed it to mean to get yourself out of the hole
you had dug for yourself. But "standard" is just not the right word in
this context, even though you are still using it in your post today.
---In FairfieldLife@{{emailDomain}}, <authfriend@...> wrote:
*I explained what i meant by "standard practice." Did you miss that
part of my post?*
*
Feste backed and filled:
*
<< You are so silly, auth. You have not proved a thing. You said it
was "standard practice," which it isn't. OK, so you've found a few
examples of it. Very clever, but my point remains valid. And. That's.
All. I. Have. To. Say. >>
---In FairfieldLife@{{emailDomain}}, <authfriend@...> wrote:
*Hee hee. In the "relevant thread," Feste didn't believe me
when I explained to him that the period-after-every-word
convention was now a standard way to indicate emphasis on the
Web:*
*
*
*"I don't think you have even remotely established this as
'standard practice.; On the contrary, it's an unusual
deviation from the norm. I wasn't impressed by the link you
provided. It was a lot of people asking about the use of
periods after every word, but not a single example that I
could see. Nor have I seen a single example of its use by a
good writer. Where are these blogs in which it is 'standard
practice'?"
*
*
*
*And I responded:*
*"No, I didn't suggest that the Google links were to examples.
I was responding to Richard's claim that it didn't exist,
essentially, because he'd never seen it. Obviously many people
/have/ seen it, but you wouldn't expect to see links to
examples, for pete's sake. As I said, the next time I come
across an example, I'll give you a link. But you're still
overinterpreting 'standard practice,' as I explained and you
ignored" [i.e., it isn't "standard" in that it's used any time
someone wants to indicate emphasis, but rather that it's
**used often enough that most readers have seen it before and
don't think it's weird; they understand what it's meant to
convey].*
*
*
*As I said I would, I've now provided links to four different
examples. (Let me know if anyone wants to see links to the
posts I just quoted.) And now Feste's pissed off because he
looks like an ass for having been so unpleasantly skeptical
(along with Richard and Barry).*
*
*
*Feste huffed:*
You are making an ass of yourself again, auth, as anyone who
cares to read the relevant thread can see for themselves.
---In FairfieldLife@{{emailDomain}}, <authfriend@...>
wrote:
(Also for Barry and Richard.)
"...Again, these are fake quotes. Palin. Did. Not.
Say. Any. Of. These. Things."
http://www.realclearreligion.org/articles/2013/12/18/sarah_palin_christmas_warrior.html
