On Tuesday 18 November 2008 06:52, Carlos E. R. wrote:
On Tuesday, 2008-11-18 at 14:25 +0100, Sandy Drobic wrote: ...
No, my reason for inline replies and trimming mails is efficiency. You can read this mail in a few seconds and still see all relevant parts in context.
Absolutely. I had an argument recently with someone that accused me of tergiversating what he said because I trimmed his emails... which sometimes reach 30 KB.
My vocabulary is pretty good, but... What on Earth is "tergiversating?" Hmm... -==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==- tergiversate [tur-jiv-verse-ate] Verb [-sating, -sated] Formal 1. to be evasive or ambiguous 2. to change sides or loyalties [Latin tergiversari to turn one's back] tergiversation n tergiversator n -==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==- Well, I can move today from the "a good day to die" to the "a good day" category; I learned something.
... Carlos E. R.
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