Klarinet Archive - Posting 000143.txt from 1997/04

From: BKruse@-----.COM
Subj: ALL CAPS (was Re: Rep. for beginning & intermediate stude...
Date: Fri, 4 Apr 1997 18:08:56 -0500

Subject:
ALL CAPS (was Re: Rep. for beginning & intermediate students)
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RETHEWORDENDINGSAREIDON'TTHINKIT'SHARDATALLIHEARTHATINJAPANESETHEREREALLYIS
N'TANYBREAKBETWEENWORDSANDYOUJUSTHAVETOTELLFROMTHECONTEXTBECAUSEALOTOFAMBIG
UITIESCANCROPUPOFCOURSETHEREISNOEQUIVALENTBETWEENLOWERCASEANDUPPERCASEINJAP
ANESESOHOWCANYOUTELLIFSOMEONEISSHOUTINGORNOT?MAYBEAFTERTABSTOPSBECOMEROUTIN
EINEMAILSOMEONECANWORRYABOUTSUPPORTINGMULTIPLEFONTSIHAVETOSTOPNOWBECAUSEMYT
HUMBSAREGETTINGREALLYBOREDWITHOUTGETTINGTOHITTHESPACEBARHAVEAGOODWEEKENDEVE
RYBODYBARRY

P.S. You know what's really weird about email? A lot more people get
offended than intentionally give offense. Why is that?

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Subject: ALL CAPS (was Re: Rep. for beginning & intermediate stude...
Author: SDM@-----.edu at MINDSCAPE
Date: 4/4/97 8:50 AM

>KIM = UNT
>PS: I HOPE NO ONE WAS ALARMED WITH MY CAPS (IT'S EASIER TO DISTINGUISH).

Actually, when I read a post in all caps, I feel like the writer is
shouting at me! :-) (What a way to wake up in the morning!) I personally
find it HARDER to distinguish between all caps because THERE'S LESS WHITE
SPACE BETWEEN THE LETTERS AND IT TAKES MORE WORK TO DETERMINE WHERE ONE
WORD OR SENTENCE ENDS AND THE NEXT ONE BEGINS!

My personal opinion :-)

have a nice day

-Scott

Scott D. Morrow
Department of Biochemistry
School of Hygiene and Public Health
Johns Hopkins University
(410) 955-3631

SDM@-----.edu