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Re: [SLE] Interesting
- From: Ed McCanless <e_mccanless@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 1 Nov 2006 21:38:07 +0000 (UTC)
- Message-id: <454913BD.3050801@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Anders Johansson wrote:
> On Wednesday 01 November 2006 22:20, Ed McCanless wrote:
>
>> Any language can be confusing, without the body language to go with it.
>> Maybe that's why smiley faces (emoticons) are so popular.
>>
>
> Yes, it's difficult to see how Jonathan Swift, Charles Dickens and Douglas
> Adams ever managed without them
>
> I don't know if there's an emoticon for sarcasm
>
> I don't think the problem is with language, as much as it is with people's
> inability to use it
>
>
>
True, but look how many people never acquired the expertise of Jonathan
Swift, Charles Dickens or Douglas Adams.
> On Wednesday 01 November 2006 22:20, Ed McCanless wrote:
>
>> Any language can be confusing, without the body language to go with it.
>> Maybe that's why smiley faces (emoticons) are so popular.
>>
>
> Yes, it's difficult to see how Jonathan Swift, Charles Dickens and Douglas
> Adams ever managed without them
>
> I don't know if there's an emoticon for sarcasm
>
> I don't think the problem is with language, as much as it is with people's
> inability to use it
>
>
>
True, but look how many people never acquired the expertise of Jonathan
Swift, Charles Dickens or Douglas Adams.
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