Re: Uppercase E-mail in Latin America

2009-10-06 Thread Yet Another Ninja
On 10/6/2009 2:33 AM, Warren Togami wrote: Please excuse me, I used faulty logic. I wasn't asking you anything further. I meant I asked this friend for more details and it seems to be non-technical users is the most likely type of people to type legitimate mail in all caps. Warren so

Re: Uppercase E-mail in Latin America

2009-10-06 Thread LuKreme
On 5-Oct-2009, at 12:53, René Berber wrote: Warren Togami wrote: On 10/05/2009 02:30 PM, René Berber wrote: Warren Togami wrote: I heard an interesting story from a friend who was working in Mexico for the past few months. Apparently in some Latin American countries, uppercase legitimate

RE: Uppercase E-mail in Latin America

2009-10-06 Thread R-Elists
I grew up in Guadalajara and still have friends there, and in 'el De Effe' as well as scattered around a few other places in Mexico and I can confirm this is simply not true. No one uses all caps as a sign of respect. I can't speak to other Latin American countries. Perhaps this

Re: Uppercase E-mail in Latin America

2009-10-06 Thread MySQL Student
Hi, doesnt it appear to everyone else that this has the (slim to none) makings of a new urban legend? I have to admit that when Warren posted this, I went to snopes to check, and there was nothing there :-) Regards, Alex

Uppercase E-mail in Latin America

2009-10-05 Thread Warren Togami
I heard an interesting story from a friend who was working in Mexico for the past few months. Apparently in some Latin American countries, uppercase legitimate person-to-person e-mail is common because it is seen as a sign of respect. This apparently is due to historical telegraph messages

Re: Uppercase E-mail in Latin America

2009-10-05 Thread René Berber
Warren Togami wrote: I heard an interesting story from a friend who was working in Mexico for the past few months. Apparently in some Latin American countries, uppercase legitimate person-to-person e-mail is common because it is seen as a sign of respect. This apparently is due to

Re: Uppercase E-mail in Latin America

2009-10-05 Thread Warren Togami
On 10/05/2009 02:30 PM, René Berber wrote: Warren Togami wrote: I heard an interesting story from a friend who was working in Mexico for the past few months. Apparently in some Latin American countries, uppercase legitimate person-to-person e-mail is common because it is seen as a sign of

Re: Uppercase E-mail in Latin America

2009-10-05 Thread René Berber
Warren Togami wrote: On 10/05/2009 02:30 PM, René Berber wrote: Warren Togami wrote: I heard an interesting story from a friend who was working in Mexico for the past few months. Apparently in some Latin American countries, uppercase legitimate person-to-person e-mail is common because it

Re: Uppercase E-mail in Latin America

2009-10-05 Thread Warren Togami
OK... asking again, it seems more likely the commonality in people who write mail in all caps is being extremely untechnical, barely able to type, or working for the government. Warren

Re: Uppercase E-mail in Latin America

2009-10-05 Thread René Berber
Warren Togami wrote: OK... asking again, it seems more likely the commonality in people who write mail in all caps is being extremely untechnical, barely able to type, or working for the government. And your question is...? Sounds like the part of your friend's comment that talks about the

Re: Uppercase E-mail in Latin America

2009-10-05 Thread Warren Togami
Please excuse me, I used faulty logic. I wasn't asking you anything further. I meant I asked this friend for more details and it seems to be non-technical users is the most likely type of people to type legitimate mail in all caps. Warren