As for there being no such thing as tone? BS.
Thank you for reading my post, though this was not the point I was attempting to make.
I can handle the Oz Full Monty. I mean, not 'handle' handle.
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Elena - Mar 29, 2004 10:19:11 am PST #7725 of 10005
Thanks for all the fish.
Jessica - Mar 29, 2004 10:19:25 am PST #7726 of 10005
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
the kinder, gentler, table talk days
Must have been before my time. When I was a newbie on TT, things seemed very much the same as they do here.
There is tone online. It's where I've mainly communicated for half my life. It's not the same as spoken word, where you can rely on infliction. It's all about word choice. I find claims that there isn't tone in the written word baffling, because it's a medium for communication, like speech or any other, and it has its own rules and forms and patterns and ways of getting things across. I don't deny that there's more room for misinterpreting, but that doesn't mean that tone's not there, and if multiple people have issues with the tone, you (general you) need to take a look at how you're wording things in the context of the culture you're communicating with.
Worth repeating.
DavidS - Mar 29, 2004 10:19:33 am PST #7727 of 10005
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I'd like to point out that I was here before all of you.
This is true. Though Holli and Vortex are right behind you.
Dana - Mar 29, 2004 10:21:34 am PST #7728 of 10005
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Though Holli and Vortex are right behind you.
They can be my minions.
Beverly - Mar 29, 2004 10:21:49 am PST #7729 of 10005
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
"You cow! Maybe you should watch where you put those clodhoppers. Do I know you?"
But--but-- It's so apt. And of Our Culture!
Okay. I am chastened, somewhat. But I still think we should reserve a rolled up newspaper for spamming newpuppies.
Sean K - Mar 29, 2004 10:22:09 am PST #7730 of 10005
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
Like the Circle of Life without all the singing.
We could sing.
t clears throat...
P.M. Marc - Mar 29, 2004 10:22:21 am PST #7731 of 10005
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
Thank you for reading my post, though this was not the point I was attempting to make.
Could you clarify, then? (Honest request, because that's what it seemed to be saying, and I'd like to know what you were getting at.)
amych - Mar 29, 2004 10:23:10 am PST #7732 of 10005
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
I'm gonna go sit my newbie ass in Beverly's corner. And then giggle like a 12-year-old at any and all lube references.
Beverly - Mar 29, 2004 10:24:03 am PST #7733 of 10005
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
Though Holli and Vortex are right behind you.
Ahem. Standing right here.
DavidS - Mar 29, 2004 10:24:25 am PST #7734 of 10005
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
They can be my minions.
I see them more as backup singers.