Boris, I think your fine as is. We all know your not a malicious or mischievous fellow. You have a good reputation here. Sometimes your clarifications are more than needed, but not bad. Regards, Bob S.
On Wed, Feb 23, 2011 at 3:01 AM, Boris Liberman <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello there, PDML. > > As Cotty recently teased/mocked me and as Larry pointed out off-list, I am > using things like /grin/, /smile/, /evil wink/ etc. I'd like to take a step > back and have a bit of discussion thereof. > > You see, I find it useful and important to be able to attach some minimal > emotional context or extra-textual context to my messages. Smileys (such as > :-), ;-), 8-), etc) don't cut it IMO, as they are cryptic and even not > always interpreted in the same way by different people. > > OTOH, if I were to describe my emotional state directly in plain words, that > would be easier to read. In order to mark apart the actual text and the > extra-textual context, I use slashes. Why slashes? Because in Thunderbird > (and I thought it was standard, whereas I am probably wrong) the following > applies: _underline_, *bold*, /italics/. Since _underline_ is for links and > *bold* is for emphasis thus what remains is /italics/ for emotions. > > Now, question is - am I being abusive in this or is this whole idea wrong > from the start? Surely I can stop using any extra-textual mark up > whatsoever, but then I am afraid, the likelihood of being misunderstood or > misunderstanding the other person on my own will be greater. > > Have your say. You can be brutal and honest or you can even do it off the > list. > > Boris > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
