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all caps (was: Re: [zigzag] Re: :zz: Joystix)
- To: zigzag@xxxxxxxxxx
- Subject: all caps (was: Re: [zigzag] Re: :zz: Joystix)
- From: "Charles S. Harris" <xchar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 06 Dec 1998 01:16:19 -0400
- Organization: Creative Thinking, Middletown NJ 07748-3208
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- Reply-to: zigzag@xxxxxxxxxx
Andrew Pam wrote, repeatedly:
> 1. Please note that it is considered rude to use all caps on the net.
True, but BENSHALOM's message is an instance where all caps *do*
serve a legitimate function: conveying that the writer is (albeit
in this case unjustifiably) irate.
--Charles Harris xchar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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