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- From: cochran@spam.rtp.dg.com (A. Jing Hippy)
- Newsgroups: alt.usage.english
- Subject: Re: i am expressing myself in lower-case
- Message-ID: <1992Nov17.132411.16786@dg-rtp.dg.com>
- Date: 17 Nov 92 13:24:11 GMT
- References: <1992Nov16.195239.19831@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu>
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- In article <1992Nov16.195239.19831@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu>, jhoskins@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (James M Hoskins) writes:
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- |> i have been hooked up to the internet for a few months now and i have
- |> noticed that more than a few people write exclusively in lower-
- |> case. this has been my first exposure (outside of poetry) to
- |> correspondence and composition of this sort; none of my family or
- |> friends has ever written exclusively in lower-case. i wonder why
- |> people do this? is it a matter of being able to type quicker?
- |> is it that (nb: didn't use "because") people feel this kind of prose
- |> looks better? i will admit to finding it a little grating, but not
- |> even close to being as annoying as ALL CAPS EXPRESSION.
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- Oh come on. One can type quicker in lower case, upper case or in mixed
- case. Are you trying to say quicker can only be typed in lower case?
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- I suspect that people type in lower case because it allows them to type
- more quickly.
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- Sorry, but this *is* alt.usage.english.
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- |Dave Cochran, Data General Corporation, RTP, NC |
- |cochran@dg-rtp.dg.com |
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- |"With just enough of learning to misquote." |
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