Thank you Nick. I'm been larding all day, (not on e-mail), and I didn't know what to call it!
Merle On Wed, Feb 6, 2013 at 3:09 PM, Prof David West <[email protected]>wrote: > ** > > I would take care with the term fluffing as there is a job title - fluffer > - and what a fluffer does is fluffing - but it is not something anyone on > this list would care to do, or so I assume. > > davew > > > On Wed, Feb 6, 2013, at 03:04 PM, Steve Smith wrote: > > Doug - > > > What do they call it when people intersperse comments to an email within > the body of the quoted email? > > <Lard>Well, I think Nick referred to it as "Larding" and then found some > etymological foundation in adding layers of fat into leaner meats.... it > is probably mostly intended to reference the structural aspect of this > phenomena, but it might also have some semantic meaning too?</Lard> > > > Fluffing? > > Or is that something else? > > <FluffyLard> > > <DisgustingImage> > > I think I know what you are referring to, and yes, this is definitely > "fluffing"... I think I'm one of *your* most devout fluffers when I'm not > being derisive (insert image of a motley fool here), in fact. There is no > point in not being ready to perform when it is your turn after all? > > </DisgustingImage> > > </FluffyLard> > > <WhimsicalImage> > > I'm suddenly noticing that FluffyLarding is a variant on TarNFeathering? > > </WhimsicalImage> > > Fluffingly Yours, > - Steve > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com > > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com > -- Merle Lefkoff, Ph.D. President, Center for Emergent Diplomacy Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA [email protected] mobile: (303) 859-5609 skype: merlelefkoff
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