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  1. Path: sparky!uunet!uvaarpa!darwin.sura.net!spool.mu.edu!olivea!pagesat!netsys!jthomas
  2. From: jthomas@netsys.com (Jim Thomas)
  3. Newsgroups: bit.listserv.words-l
  4. Subject: Re: signoff
  5. Message-ID: <1993Jan25.224603.16994@netsys.com>
  6. Date: 25 Jan 93 22:46:03 GMT
  7. References: <01GTWTTGMU4Y001A97@camins.Camosun.BC.CA>
  8. Organization: Netsys Inc.
  9. Lines: 16
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  11. MONTGOMERY@CAMINS.CAMOSUN.BC.CA (Peter Montgomery) writes:
  12.  
  13. >Fair enough. I never claimed to be anything but a clown.
  14. >That doesn't obviate the arguement that the name WORDS-L is misleading.
  15. >A list which really did restrict itself to dealing with words,
  16. >would find a much different kind of participation on my part.
  17. >As long as WORDS-L isn't interested in following civilised rules,
  18. >then it shouldn't expect my participation (or anybody else's for
  19. >that matter) to be anything else than uncivilised.
  20.  
  21. I'm curious about why you think words-l doesn't deal with words.
  22. What is the word play, attempts at clever nuances, entendres, and
  23. quibbles of lexicon if not a concern for words? And which "civilised
  24. rules" do you see as being violated?
  25.  
  26. Jim (always curious) Thomas
  27.