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- On 14 Feb 1996 khetsah@mustang.uwo.ca wrote:
-
- <snip>
-
- > The following was forwarded to my by another user.
- > It seems that Mr. Nhan Ngueyn feels that I have vicously attacked his
- > person by accidently using a period instead of a question mark.
-
- <snip>
-
- > Mr. Nhan Ngueyn,
- > please accept my humblest apologies for this terrible harm I have
- > caused you. I really did not mean to make a stricke against your
- > credibility or your mental competence. I simply typed a period
- > by mistake, instead of the question mark that I should have used.
- > I am glad that you did not take offense against my misspelling of
- > last. I am afraid that in my haste to post, I often do not check
- > all of my spelling and punctuation. Probably because I could care
- > less.
- >
- > By the time you read this I will be dead. I am going to go out
- > and lie down on the railroad tracks because I am so overcome
- > with remorse.
- >
- > take care.
-
- Uh I was being straightforward and honest about how I understood the tone
- of your original post. I also *sincerely* apologized for my error. I
- meant it when I said that I would double-check any info before posting,
- because bandwidth is precious and erroneous posts fill it up quickly.
-
- I've noticed that if one apologizes on the Net for a mistake he makes,
- some readers only take that as sarcasm. That's why I specifically stated
- in my previous post that I was *not* being sarcastic. I'm sorry you did not
- think my apology was genuine, and felt that severe sarcasm was necessary
- in return.
-
- Now that I have heard from you that it really was just a mistype, then
- I'm satisfied, and that's all I wanted to know. I used to be an English
- major, so I am quite nitpicky about things that others care little for,
- such as punctuation. But little mistakes can make drastic changes in
- meaning.
-
- I can't help my memory because of the accident I had, but I can help make
- sure that what I type to Usenet is accurate. I didn't tell you about my
- memory problem because I wanted you to feel guilty or to even give me any
- sympathy. I told you (and the rest of Usenet) about it because I felt it
- should be known why I would post inaccurate information. If you wish to
- continue such discussion, please do it via e-mail, as this is not the place to
- carry on such a discussion.
-
- **My sincere apologies to all of Usenet for even having to post this
- message, which has nothing to do with Amiga hardware. Please flame me,
- mail bomb me, whatever, but do it via e-mail. Thank you.
-
- ---------Nhan Nguyen---------
- Junior, U of H RTV Department
- -Black Acura NSX = Happiness-
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