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From: gam@amdahl.UUCP (gam)
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Subject: Re: Do the Great Moronic Masses Need Electronic Hand Jive?
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Date: Sat, 2-Mar-85 02:10:36 EST
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Posted: Sat Mar  2 02:10:36 1985
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> Ken Arndt:
> > That is, some persons reading my postings on the net can't tell when I am
> > being serious or if I mean what I say because I don't make use of the 'smiley
> > face' symbol to let everyone in on the tone of my voice.  It was told to me
> > that it was in the net 'rules' that use of the ( :- ) was incumbent upon me. 
> > 
> > Well, I have thought about that and I have decided that it's a bunch of bosh!
> > I mean, I see no real substantive difference between what you are reading on
> > this screen and what you would read in any type of hard copy.  

L S Chabot:

> Big difference:  what I normally choose to read in hard copy is written by
> *professional writers*.  
 
Oh my God!  I'm no longer qualified to use my native language!
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Gordon A. Moffett		...!{ihnp4,hplabs,sun}!amdahl!gam