On 07/11/12 05:00, Duaine Hechler wrote:
I came from the old school of typewriters and computers......
Meaning the ONLY to emphasize something, was to put it in all CAPS.
Because I worked on the old computer equipment (keypunch, very old "dumb" terminals, etc) in which there was - no - other - way - to - emphasize - but - to - put - in - all - CAPS. And, we were taught that underlining anything was reserved for special cases, like references, etc.
So, how this became shouting, I haven't the foggiest idea.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netiquette#Netiquette Please read the second paragraph.
For the umpteenth time, my apologies for my "old school" way of emphasizing things.
So, after nearly 45 years of this technique, I keep forgetting you all take this as shouting.
I only joined the Usenet community 20 years ago, so I'm a newcomer to this world, but I learnt early on that all caps = shouting, that e-mail is a text medium (no html), and to be conservative in what you send and liberal in what you receive.
Kindest regards, Duaine
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