Re: RARA-AVIS: Re: Forum Format

From: Robert Elkin ( rictusaporia@yahoo.com)
Date: 18 Feb 2008


Emoticons are almost as bad as repeated choruses of the cliché ¦quot;LOL"...except for the dancing breasts, of course, which are a bit funny.

----- Original Message ---- From: " BaxDeal@aol.com" < BaxDeal@aol.com> To: rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, February 18, 2008 3:21:45 PM Subject: Re: RARA-AVIS: Re: Forum Format

                   In a message dated 2/18/08 11:30:45 AM, jmatkowski1@ comcast.net writes:

> Spelling is a major issue to me, but everyone here has always spelled
> tolerably well, and I see no need for spelling aids.
> One of my boards that I follow for work purposes has gone fully
> functional, as you describe it, and the emoticons are frankly somewhat
> infuriating.
>

how do you feel about proper use of uppercase and punctuation?

and I agree about emoticons. makes me want to shoot someone

John Lau

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